[llvm-commits] [PATCH] Removing llvm-ld.

[Michael Spencer]

I feel that llvm-ld is no longer useful and causes confusion and so I
would like to remove it (the program itself even states it's a
"temporary hack").

* Does not work very well on Windows because it must call a gcc like
driver to assemble and link.
* Has lots of hard coded paths which are wrong on many systems.
* Does not understand most of ld's options.
* Can be partially replaced by llvm-link | opt | {llc | as, llc
-filetype=obj} | ld, or fully replaced by Clang.

I know of no production use of llvm-ld, and hacking use should be
replaced by Clang's driver.

This patch removes llvm-ld, llvm-stub, and all documentation
referencing llvm-ld (and some referencing llvm-gcc).

One remaining issue with removing it is the test
Linker/link-archives.ll. llvm-link does not support linking archives,
but this can be added if it agreed that llvm-ld should be removed.

- Michael Spencer
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