[LLVMdev] Linking tools

[Russell Wallace]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 11:39 PM, Eric Christopher <echristo at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 3:37 PM Russell Wallace <russell.wallace at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> I'm trying to figure out exactly what the function and status of the
>> different linking tools is. The impression I get is:
>>
>> 1. For linking multiple bitcode (either binary or text format) files
>> together, llvm-link is the current and future intended tool.
>>
>> 2. For converting bitcode files into (machine code) object files, llc is
>> the current and future intended tool.
>>
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> llvm-link and llc are developer tools only. clang is designed to be the
> interface here (or your language specific driver).
>

Okay so for linking bitcode files together, what's the intended command?
That is, 'clang x.bc y.bc' will generate an executable, but for generating
a single larger bitcode file? Adding -emit-llvm gives an error unless you
also add -c, but that just rewrites the original small bitcode files?
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