Adding -Wl to Linker Parameters

Error Information

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clang: error: unsupported option `--whole-archive` 
clang: error: unsupported option `--no-whole-archive` 
clang: error: unknown argument: `-soname`

Problem

Some application build scripts may not automatically add -Wl to the parameters that need to be passed to the linker when the compiler is Clang. -Wl must be added to these parameters so that they can be passed to the linker.

These parameters include but are not limited to:

• --whole-archive
• --no-whole-archive
• -soname

If unknown argument or unsupported option is displayed and the option is to be passed to the linker, -Wl must be added to the option.

Solution

Add -Wl before these parameters. An example is as follows:

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-Wl,--whole-archive -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,-soname