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authorMarc Chevrier <marc.chevrier@gmail.com>2023-06-23 12:36:55 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2023-06-23 14:35:04 (GMT)
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link dependencies: deactivate the feature
Unfortunately it breaks in combination with LTO due to a bug in the GNU linker. Fixes: #25014
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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_DEPENDS_USE_LINKER.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_DEPENDS_USE_LINKER.rst
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@@ -10,3 +10,11 @@ variable with value ``FALSE``, you can deactivate this feature.
This feature is also deactivated if the :prop_tgt:`LINK_DEPENDS_NO_SHARED`
target property is true.
+
+.. note::
+
+ CMake version |release| defaults this variable to ``FALSE`` because
+ GNU binutils linkers (``ld``, ``ld.bfd``, ``ld.gold``) generate spurious
+ dependencies on temporary files when LTO is enabled. See `GNU bug 30568`_.
+
+.. _`GNU bug 30568`: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30568