[llvm] [libcxx] [lld] [lldb] [compiler-rt] [lld-macho] Find objects in library search path (PR #78628)

[Shoaib Meenai via llvm-commits]

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@@ -95,11 +95,16 @@ static std::optional<StringRef> findLibrary(StringRef name) {
               findPathCombination("lib" + name, config->librarySearchPaths,
                                   {".tbd", ".dylib", ".so"}))
         return path;
-      return findPathCombination("lib" + name, config->librarySearchPaths,
-                                 {".a"});
+      else if (std::optional<StringRef> path = findPathCombination(
+                   "lib" + name, config->librarySearchPaths, {".a"}))
+        return path;
+      return findPathCombination(name, config->librarySearchPaths, {""});
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smeenai wrote:

Huh, that's interesting. I wonder if they have some special-cased logic around these specific extensions, or if they just won't append the `.a` if there's already any other extension present...

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/78628