[llvm-dev] force linker to load symbols from archive (8.a) , even application does not use them explicitly

[Mehdi AMINI via llvm-dev]

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:50 AM yehuda marko <yehuda.marko at scaleil.com>
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> Hello ,
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> The linker is ldarm64.EXE
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> The llvm version is 3.8.1.1
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> /llvm-3.8.1.1/WIN32/bin/ldarm64.EXE
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I would check with the vendor who provided you with this toolchain and
linker. This does not seem to me to be directly related to the LLVM
open-source project.

Best,

-- 
Mehdi



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> *From:* Mehdi AMINI [mailto:joker.eph at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 16, 2019 8:53 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [llvm-dev] force linker to load symbols from archive (8.a)
> , even application does not use them explicitly
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> Hi,
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> On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 1:37 PM yehuda marko via llvm-dev <
> llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I want to force the linker to load all the symbols (object files) related
> to specific archive (.a) even though the application does not use them
> explicitly.
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> (In similar in gnu linker the option for the linker will be
> –whole-archive, or in diab –A ).
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> It seems that your question relates to the linker, are you asking about
> lld? lld supports the --whole-archive flag as well I believe.
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> If your question is not about lld, can you clarify what you're looking for
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> Best,
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> Mehdi
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