[llvm-dev] lld on Windows

[Russell Wallace via llvm-dev]

C:\t>type a.c
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
  puts("hello");
  return 0;
}

C:\t>cl /c a.c
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.00.23026 for x64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

a.c

C:\t>lld
Select the appropriate flavor
OVERVIEW: LLVM Linker

USAGE: lld [options] <inputs>

OPTIONS:
  -core           CORE linking
  -flavor <value> Flavor for linking, options are gnu/darwin/link
  -help           Display this help message
  -target <value> Select the target
  -version        Display the version

C:\t>lld -flavor link a.obj
Cannot open /GUARDSYM:__C_specific_handler,S.obj: no such file or directory

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Rui Ueyama <ruiu at google.com> wrote:

> What error message did you get? What
> http://lld.llvm.org/windows_support.html says is correct -- except debug
> info, the linker should be pretty much usable as a drop-in replacement for
> MSVC linker.
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Russell Wallace via llvm-dev <
> llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>
>> What's the current state of affairs regarding lld on Windows - how much
>> of it is supposed to work? The documentation at
>> http://lld.llvm.org/windows_support.html suggests it should pretty much
>> work provided you don't need exceptions or debug info (though that
>> documentation seems to be from last year), but when I tried it on a 'hello
>> world' C program, it gave error messages; is it the case that lld is not
>> yet expected to work on Windows, or that it should and I'm probably getting
>> a command wrong, or something else?
>>
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