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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - lld-link should have a better diag on missing main / WinMain, probably by defaulting to the subsystem-specific entry point even if main isn't there"
   href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38972">38972</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>lld-link should have a better diag on missing main / WinMain, probably by defaulting to the subsystem-specific entry point even if main isn't there
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>lld
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>unspecified
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>All
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>enhancement
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>COFF
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>nicolasweber@gmx.de
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org
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        <pre>If main is missing in link.exe, it prints:

FAILED: test_process.exe test_process.exe.pdb 
cmd /c C:/b/depot_tools/win_tools-2_7_6_bin/python/bin/python.exe
../../build/toolchain/win/tool_wrapper.py delete-file ./test_process.exe.pdb &&
C:/b/depot_tools/win_tools-2_7_6_bin/python/bin/python.exe
../../build/toolchain/win/tool_wrapper.py link-wrapper environment.x86 False
link.exe /nologo /OUT:./test_process.exe /PDB:./test_process.exe.pdb
@./test_process.exe.rsp
libcmt.lib(exe_main.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main
referenced in function "int __cdecl __scrt_common_main_seh(void)"
(?__scrt_common_main_seh@@YAHXZ)


lld-link prints:

FAILED: test_process.exe test_process.exe.pdb 
ninja -t msvc -e environment.x86 --
../../third_party/llvm-build/Release+Asserts/bin/lld-link.exe /nologo
/OUT:./test_process.exe /PDB:./test_process.exe.pdb @./test_process.exe.rsp
lld-link: error: entry point must be defined


"entry point" is less understandable than "missing _main" for most developers;
lld-link should have a better diag.</pre>
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