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2 lld |release| Release Notes
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11 These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM |release| release.
12 Release notes for previous releases can be found on
13 `the Download Page <https://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_.
18 This document contains the release notes for the lld linker, release |release|.
19 Here we describe the status of lld, including major improvements
20 from the previous release. All lld releases may be downloaded
21 from the `LLVM releases web site <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
23 Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
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29 * ``-z pack-relative-relocs`` is now available to support ``DT_RELR`` for glibc 2.36+.
30 (`D120701 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D120701>`_)
35 * The GNU ld incompatible ``--no-define-common`` has been removed.
36 * The obscure ``-dc``/``-dp`` options have been removed.
37 * ``-d`` is now ignored.
38 * If a prevailing COMDAT group defines STB_WEAK symbol, having a STB_GLOBAL symbol in a non-prevailing group is now rejected with a diagnostic.
39 (`D120626 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D120626>`_)
44 * Added autodetection of MSVC toolchain, a la clang-cl. Also added /winsysroot
45 support for explicit specification of MSVC toolchain location.
46 (`D118070 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D118070>`_)
59 WebAssembly Improvements
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