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Summary:
288fc13b95 BUILD: Support Mold linker in configure (opt-in)


Commit: 288fc13b95623979e609d2b25f31c01bed1bd598
    https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/commit/288fc13b95623979e609d2b25f31c01bed1bd598
Author: Torbjörn Andersson (eriktorbjorn at users.sourceforge.net)
Date: 2022-03-05T20:44:12+01:00

Commit Message:
BUILD: Support Mold linker in configure (opt-in)

This supposedly has the potential to be even faster than the LLD linker,
though for me the difference is minimal.

Changed paths:
    configure


diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bf596be4397..72cd9da8bd1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ _cloud=auto
 _pandoc=no
 _curl=yes
 _lld=no
+_mold=no
 _gold=yes
 # Default vkeybd/eventrec options
 _vkeybd=no
@@ -1158,6 +1159,8 @@ for ac_option in $@; do
 	--disable-cloud)              _cloud=no              ;;
 	--enable-lld)                 _lld=yes               ;;
 	--disable-lld)                _lld=no                ;;
+	--enable-mold)                _mold=yes              ;;
+	--disable-mold)               _mold=no               ;;
 	--enable-gold)                _gold=yes              ;;
 	--disable-gold)               _gold=no               ;;
 	--enable-updates)             _updates=yes           ;;
@@ -2253,6 +2256,10 @@ if test "$_debug_build" != no; then
 			append_var LDFLAGS "-fuse-ld=lld"
 			append_var LDFLAGS "-Wl,--gdb-index"
 			echo_n -- " + LLD"
+		elif test "$_mold" = yes && cc_check_no_clean $debug_mode -gsplit-dwarf -fuse-ld=mold -Wl,--gdb-index; then
+			append_var LDFLAGS "-fuse-ld=mold"
+			append_var LDFLAGS "-Wl,--gdb-index"
+			echo_n -- " + Mold"
 		elif test "$_gold" = yes && cc_check_no_clean $debug_mode -gsplit-dwarf -fuse-ld=gold -Wl,--gdb-index; then
 			append_var LDFLAGS "-fuse-ld=gold"
 			append_var LDFLAGS "-Wl,--gdb-index"
@@ -2275,6 +2282,13 @@ if ! echo "$LDFLAGS" | grep -q -e -fuse-ld; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+if ! echo "$LDFLAGS" | grep -q -e -fuse-ld; then
+	echo "Using Mold linker... $_mold"
+	if test "$_mold" =  yes ; then
+		append_var LDFLAGS -fuse-ld=mold
+	fi
+fi
+
 if test "$_release_build" = yes; then
 	# Add a define, which indicates we are doing
 	# an build for a release version.