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mold version 0.9.6
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mold is a multi-threaded, high-performance linker that is several times faster
than the industry-standard ones, namely, GNU ld, GNU gold or LLVM lld. It is
developed as a drop-in replacement for these linkers and command-line compatible
with them with a few exceptions. [0]
Upstream: $/rui314/mold
[000] Index
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* Installation ........................................................... [001]
* Setup .................................................................. [002]
* METHOD 1 (Compiler-agnostic) ......................................... [003]
* METHOD 2 (Clang >= 12.0) ............................................. [004]
* METHOD 3 (GCC) ....................................................... [005]
* Usage .................................................................. [006]
* Troubleshooting ........................................................ [007]
* Package Fails To Link With Mold ...................................... [008]
* History ................................................................ [009]
* References ............................................................. [010]
[001] Installation
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| $ kiss b mold |
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[002] Setup
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To use mold as the system linker one of the following methods must be used.
The first solution is recommended as it removes all possibility of the prior
linker being executed by mistake.
--[003] METHOD 1 (Compiler-agnostic) -------------------------------------------
Use the alternatives system to set mold as the system linker.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| $ kiss a mold /usr/bin/ld |
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
--[004] METHOD 2 (Clang >= 12.0) -----------------------------------------------
Add --ld-path to CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS.
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| $ export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS --ld-path=/usr/bin/mold" |
| $ export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS --ld-path=/usr/bin/mold" |
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
In addition to --ld-path, the following may also be needed. Please NOTE the
implications of this warning suppression and why METHOD 1 may be the best
solution to this problem.
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| $ export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-unused-command-line-argument" |
| $ export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wno-unused-command-line-argument" |
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
--[005] METHOD 3 (GCC) ---------------------------------------------------------
Add -B to CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS (GCC)
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| $ export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -B/usr/lib/mold" |
| $ export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -B/usr/lib/mold" |
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[006] Usage
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Mold does not yet support all use cases. It can not be used to link the Linux
kernel (due to lack of linker script support) and It has no support for LTO
(Link Time Optimization).
With mold as the default linker, running the package manager as normal should
result in its usage. To verify that mold is being used, disable binary stripping
(KISS_STRIP=0) and run the following command on a newly built executable.
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| $ readelf -p .comment /path/to/exe |
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
If 'mold' appears in the output, everything is setup correctly.
[007] Troubleshooting
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--[008] Package Fails To Link With Mold ----------------------------------------
If a package in the official repositories fails to link with mold, open an
issue. If a package in a third-party repository fails to link with mold, open
an issue in their tracker. If a package you maintain fails to link (and the
issue is in the linker), open an issue upstream.
[009] History
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2023-09-27 80bbca61 mold: 0.9.6
2023-09-10 b31d9d37 mold: clarify clang method. Closes #332
2023-09-10 f6bc4cd5 mold: fix docs. See #332
2023-09-07 56aa29f0 mold: use release tarball
2023-09-07 172adbeb mold: 0.9.5
2023-09-03 846480af mold: revert to older version.
2023-08-29 653eda0d mold: import bug fix
2023-08-28 20d53eb8 mold: 0.9.4
2023-08-26 67210c84 mold: use more recent commit
2023-08-21 ce790b94 mold: new README
2023-08-17 070b1be2 mold: bump version to fix gcc
2023-08-16 1814fddf mold: fix typo
2023-08-16 324cd46d mold: use recent commit
2023-08-15 517f995a mold: fix typo
2023-08-15 60d9a593 mold: Use recent commit
2023-08-15 970b16ac mold: 0.9.3
[010] References
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[0] $/rui314/mold
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