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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2023-05-04 13:06:13 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'use-linker-depfile'
375e6fdbbe Link step: use linker dependency linker file 24a3e5cda0 cmLocalGenerator::MayBeRelativeToWorkDir: take care of all cases Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !8443
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+use-linker-depfile
+------------------
+
+* GNU (and GNU-compatible) linkers gained support for a ``--dependency-file``
+ flag in GNU Binutils 2.35 and LLVM's LLD 12.0.0. The
+ :ref:`Makefile <Makefile Generators>` and :ref:`Ninja <Ninja Generators>`
+ generators will now add these flags so that files read by the linker will
+ cause a relink if they change (typically modified timestamps).
+
+ This feature can be controlled by the variable
+ :variable:`CMAKE_LINK_DEPENDS_USE_LINKER`.