[llvm-dev] Embedding LLD version to executables

[Davide Italiano via llvm-dev]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Mehdi Amini via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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>> On Oct 18, 2016, at 6:44 PM, Rui Ueyama via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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>> I'd like to make LLD embed version information so that we can determine if an executable was created by LLD and if that's the case which version of LLD.
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> Pardon my ignorance, but what’s the motivation?
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I can see how it's useful during a switch (from a linker to another).
Generally the linker is never invoked directly so there's still a
certain amount of uncertainty (did I use the correct one or not?), in
particular when lld is used as part of a bigger build system. YMMV.

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Davide

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