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diff --git a/docs/GoldPlugin.rst b/docs/GoldPlugin.rst index 8e4713e433..300aea9f9a 100644 --- a/docs/GoldPlugin.rst +++ b/docs/GoldPlugin.rst @@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ You can produce bitcode files from ``clang`` using ``-emit-llvm`` or Any of these flags will also cause ``clang`` to look for the gold plugin in the ``lib`` directory under its prefix and pass the ``-plugin`` option to ``ld``. It will not look for an alternate linker, which is why you need -gold to be the installed system linker in your path.`` +gold to be the installed system linker in your path. If you want ``ar`` and ``nm`` to work seamlessly as well, install ``LLVMgold.so`` to ``/usr/lib/bfd-plugins``. If you built your own gold, be -sure to install the ``ar`` and ``nm-new`` you built to ``/usr/bin`` +sure to install the ``ar`` and ``nm-new`` you built to ``/usr/bin``. Example of link time optimization @@ -181,6 +181,6 @@ Licensing ========= Gold is licensed under the GPLv3. LLVMgold uses the interface file -``plugin-api.h`` from gold which means that the resulting LLVMgold.so +``plugin-api.h`` from gold which means that the resulting ``LLVMgold.so`` binary is also GPLv3. This can still be used to link non-GPLv3 programs just as much as gold could without the plugin. |