CMAKE_<LANG>_USING_LINKER_<TYPE>ΒΆ
New in version 3.29.
This variable defines how to specify the linker for the link step for the type
as specified by the variable CMAKE_LINKER_TYPE or the target
property LINKER_TYPE. It can hold compiler flags for the link step
or directly the linker tool. The type of data is given by the variable
CMAKE_<LANG>_USING_LINKER_MODE.
Note
The specified linker tool is expected to be accessible through
the PATH environment variable, particularly when the
CMAKE_<LANG>_USING_LINKER_MODE variable is set to FLAG.
For example, to specify the LLVM linker for GNU compilers, we have:
set(CMAKE_C_USING_LINKER_LLD "-fuse-ld=lld")
Or on Windows platform, for Clang compilers simulating MSVC, we
have:
set(CMAKE_C_USING_LINKER_LLD "-fuse-ld=lld-link")
And for the MSVC compiler, linker is directly used, so we have:
set(CMAKE_C_USING_LINKER_LLD "/path/to/lld-link.exe")
set(CMAKE_C_USING_LINKER_MODE TOOL)