Use gold linker by default if available on ELF systems
ld.gold
is both faster and less buggy than ld.bfd
, but only works on ELF. On ELF systems, we should thus prefer ld.gold
when it is installed, even when ld.bfd
is supported (as it is on x86).
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Version | 8.0.1 |
Type | FeatureRequest |
TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
Priority | normal |
Resolution | Unresolved |
Component | Driver |
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