Dear #Clang developers, this ‘ToolChains/Linux.cpp’ file is a textbook example of what not do do:
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/main/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Linux.cpp#L191-L314
@kirschwipfel @eliasr Yeah, the most flexible way would be to test for features, at configure time or run time, such as “does the linker need ‘--hash-style=gnu’?”. That would work on any system without having to hard-code a list of OSes and distros.
@eliasr
I assume, this is @civodul's point. In addition, the code only knows a handful of distros. What about Gentoo, Guix, Mandriva, to name just a few.