lld 19.0.0git Release Notes¶

Warning

These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 19.0.0git release. Release notes for previous releases can be found on the Download Page.

Introduction ¶

This document contains the release notes for the lld linker, release 19.0.0git. Here we describe the status of lld, including major improvements from the previous release. All lld releases may be downloaded from the LLVM releases web site.

Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release ¶

ELF Improvements ¶

--compress-sections <section-glib>=[none|zlib|zstd] is added to compress matched output sections without the SHF_ALLOC flag. (#84855)
GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_PAUTH notes, R_AARCH64_AUTH_ABS64 and R_AARCH64_AUTH_RELATIVE relocations are now supported. (#72714)
--debug-names is added to create a merged .debug_names index from input .debug_names sections. Type units are not handled yet. (#86508)

Breaking changes ¶

COFF Improvements ¶

MinGW Improvements ¶

MachO Improvements ¶

WebAssembly Improvements ¶

Fixes ¶