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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - LLD Mach-O doesn't search for frameworks in specified -F paths"
   href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47680">47680</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>LLD Mach-O doesn't search for frameworks in specified -F paths
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>lld
          </td>
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>unspecified
          </td>
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>Macintosh
          </td>
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>MacOS X
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
          </td>
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>enhancement
          </td>
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
          </td>
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>MachO
          </td>
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>tbruio@outlook.com
          </td>
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org
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        <pre>On macOS, Clang ba950ad0a51066868fbca37, linking any program with `-framework
Metal` or any framework doesn't work. It fails with
```
Cannot find framework for <whatever>
```

Adding `-F /System/Library/Frameworks` to the linker flags doesn't help either.
Passing full paths to the Framework to clang also fails.

I looked at the code and it seems authors are aware of the weird rules that
control System Framework Search paths. [1]

clang passes the Xcode's SDK which doesn't contain the Framework Binary (with
the same name as the framework) which is searched by [2]. 

Also, since Xcode is in /Applications, which starts with "/" passing another
system path is also ineffective. [3]

[1]
<a href="https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/606a734755d1fb6c35a17680d0c251f834b79334/lld/lib/Driver/DarwinLdDriver.cpp#L600">https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/606a734755d1fb6c35a17680d0c251f834b79334/lld/lib/Driver/DarwinLdDriver.cpp#L600</a>
[2]
<a href="https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/ba5087f13025a15662e164eb371fe0678258e03f/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/MachO/MachOLinkingContext.cpp#L581">https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/ba5087f13025a15662e164eb371fe0678258e03f/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/MachO/MachOLinkingContext.cpp#L581</a>
[3]
<a href="https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/ba5087f13025a15662e164eb371fe0678258e03f/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/MachO/MachOLinkingContext.cpp#L521">https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/ba5087f13025a15662e164eb371fe0678258e03f/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/MachO/MachOLinkingContext.cpp#L521</a></pre>
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