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0002861NetSurf[All Projects] Generalpublic2024-01-02 06:432024-01-02 06:43
ReporterRyan Carsten Schmidt 
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SeverityminorReproducibilityalways 
StatusnewResolutionopen 
Platformx86_64OSmacOSOS Version12.7.2
Product Version3.11 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0002861: ld: unknown option: --trace
DescriptionLinking NetSurf 3.11 fails on macOS, where the clang toolchain is used:

ld: unknown option: --trace
Steps To ReproduceBuild NetSurf 3.11 on macOS
Additional InformationThis is a regression; NetSurf 3.10 didn't have this problem.

The obvious patch (removing "LDFLAGS += -Wl,--trace" from netsurf/Makefile) works.
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  • patch file icon trace.patch (485 bytes) 2024-01-02 06:43 - 
    Remove flag that the macOS linker does not understand.
--- netsurf/Makefile.orig	2024-01-01 21:57:46.000000000 -0600
+++ netsurf/Makefile	2024-01-01 22:19:06.000000000 -0600
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@
 
 # We trace during link so that we can determine if a libary changes under us in
 # order to re-link.  This *may* be gcc specific, so may need tweaks in future.
-LDFLAGS += -Wl,--trace
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # General make rules
    patch file icon trace.patch (485 bytes) 2024-01-02 06:43 +

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2024-01-02 06:43 Ryan Carsten Schmidt File Added: trace.patch
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