Error detecting linker while compiling qemu-system-ppc on macOS

[Howard Spoelstra]

Hi all,

I'm getting a error while compiling on macOS (Intel). It seems linker detection is passed an unknown argument "--version", whereas "-v" works OK?

See log below.

Thanks for looking into this,

Howard

Build started at 2023-11-06T07:29:19.181487
Main binary: /Users/hsp/src/qemu-ppc/build/pyvenv/bin/python3.11
Build Options: -Db_pie=false -Ddocs=disabled -Dplugins=true '--native-file config-meson.cross'
Python system: Darwin
The Meson build system
Version: 0.63.3
Source dir: /Users/hsp/src/qemu-ppc
Build dir: /Users/hsp/src/qemu-ppc/build
Build type: native build
Project name: qemu
Project version: 8.1.50
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Detecting compiler via: cc -m64 -mcx16 --version
compiler returned <Popen: returncode: 0 args: ['cc', '-m64', '-mcx16', '--version']>
compiler stdout:
Apple clang version 15.0.0 (clang-1500.0.40.1)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin22.6.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin

compiler stderr:

Running command: cc -m64 -mcx16 -E -dM -
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Detecting linker via: cc -m64 -mcx16 -Wl,--version
linker returned <Popen: returncode: 1 args: ['cc', '-m64', '-mcx16', '-Wl,--version']>
linker stdout:

linker stderr:
ld: unknown options: --version
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

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Detecting Apple linker via: cc -m64 -mcx16 -Wl,-v
linker stdout:

linker stderr:
@(#)PROGRAM:ld  PROJECT:dyld-1015.7
BUILD 18:48:43 Aug 22 2023
configured to support archs: armv6 armv7 armv7s arm64 arm64e arm64_32 i386 x86_64 x86_64h armv6m armv7k armv7m armv7em
will use ld-classic for: armv6 armv7 armv7s arm64_32 i386 armv6m armv7k armv7m armv7em
LTO support using: LLVM version 15.0.0 (static support for 29, runtime is 29)
TAPI support using: Apple TAPI version 15.0.0 (tapi-1500.0.12.3)
Library search paths:
/usr/local/lib
Framework search paths:
ld: Undefined symbols:
  _main, referenced from:
      <initial-undefines>
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)


../meson.build:1:0: ERROR: Unable to detect linker for compiler `cc -m64 -mcx16 -Wl,--version`
stdout:
stderr: ld: unknown options: --version
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)