[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #4609] Configure does not honor requests for ld.gold

[noloader@gmail.com via RT]

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 4:33 AM, Richard Levitte via RT <rt at openssl.org> wrote:
> On Fri Jul 08 07:47:14 2016, noloader at gmail.com wrote:
>> $ ./config LD=ld.gold
>> Operating system: x86_64-whatever-linux2
>> Configuring for linux-x86_64
>> Configuring OpenSSL version 1.1.0-pre6-dev (0x0x10100006L)
>> target already defined - linux-x86_64 (offending arg: LD=ld.gold)
>>
>> And:
>>
>> $ LD=ld.gold ./config
>> Operating system: x86_64-whatever-linux2
>> Configuring for linux-x86_64
>> ...
>>
>> $ cat Makefile | grep ld.gold
>> $ cat Makefile.shared | grep ld.gold
>> $
>>
>> I don't believe CFLAG -fuse-ld=gold is an option because the linker is
>> invoked directly rather than using the compiler driver. (Or at least
>> it used to be that way).
>
> 'ld' is only used in one case, in Makefile.shared. That's for AIX, when
> building shared objects directly from object files instead of going from the
> static library. Therefore, trying to set LD makes absolutely no sense.

Hmmm... If I want to use ld.gold as my linker, the easiest path is to
set LD=ld.gold. It makes perfect sense to some....

> Also, please please please read INSTALL, it tells you what environment
> variables are considered by the configuration scripts, and please please please
> understand that our configuration scripts are not autoconf generated ones and
> currently do not understand 'FOO=value' arguments. This has been pointed out
> quite a few times already.

Why be normal :)

... but I understand why it does not make perfect sense to others.

Jeff


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