[LLVMdev] LLVMgold.so in windows LLVM builds

[sgundapa at codeaurora.org]

I tried building it on windows with some CMake changes.
But unfortunatelym my clang crashes when it tries to access the LLVMgold
(not able to open it).

I have CCed Rafeal and Nakamura who might know why gold plugin in not
supported on Windows platforms.

--Sumanth G

> Hi,
>
> On 14 June 2014 00:26,  <sgundapa at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> I am trying to build LLVMgold.so on windows.
>> I came across this piece of code which includes “gold” source
>> directory in
>> tools/CMakeLists.txt
>
> It seems to date from the original gold import in 2011, so it's
> probably just from being careful.
>
> Disabling the check is worth a try, though I think even the binutils
> Windows linkers use something other than Linux's ELF. Theoretically,
> it has a reasonable chance of working anyway, but you never know
> whether we've smuggled something platform-specific in there.
>
> Remember to also specify LLVM_BINUTILS_INCDIR! Took me ages to work
> out why gold suddenly stopped being built last time.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Tim.
>