readme: Clarify the known issue with libtool and linker script
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@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ normal GCC/binutils based MinGW.
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Sanitizer requires using a PDB file for symbolizing the error location and
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backtraces.
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- The sanitizers are only supported on x86.
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- LLD doesn't support linker script. Linker script can be used for
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- LLD doesn't support linker script (in the COFF part of LLD. Linker script can be used for
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reprogramming how the linker lays out the output, but is in most cases
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in MinGW setups only used for passing lists of object files to link.
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This can also be done with response files, which LLD does support.
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@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ normal GCC/binutils based MinGW.
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[shipped in MSYS2](https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/blob/95b093e888/mingw-w64-libtool/0011-Pick-up-clang_rt-static-archives-compiler-internal-l.patch)
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at least.
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- Libtool, when running on Windows, prefers using linker script over
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response files, to pass long lists of object files to the linker driver.
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response files, to pass long lists of object files to the linker driver,
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but LLD doesn't support linker script (as described above). This issue
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produces errors like `lld-link: error: .libs\libfoobar.la.lnkscript: unknown file type`.
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To fix this, the bundled libtool scripts has to be fixed like explained
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above, but this fix requires changes both to `configure` and a separate
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file named `ltmain.{in,sh}`. A fix for this is also
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