LLVM-LIBTOOL-DARWIN(1)

💖 LLVM-LIBTOOL-DARWIN(1) 💖

okay bestie, so like — this is the manual page for llvm-libtool-darwin, which is an LLVM tool for creating libraries for Darwin. it lives in the LLVM manual set and honestly? it's giving main character energy for anyone building Darwin libs. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

llvm-libtool-darwin [options] <input files>

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so llvm-libtool-darwin is literally the tool for creating static and dynamic libraries for Darwin. that's its whole thing. 💅

for most scenarios, it works as a drop-in replacement for cctools' libtool. no cap — you can just swap it in and go about your day. 🦋

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

llvm-libtool-darwin supports all of these, and yes you need to know them:

• -arch_only <architecture> — builds a static library only for the specified <architecture>, and just completely ignores all the other architectures in the files. like, they're not invited to the party. 🙈
• -color — uses colors in output. because plain text is boring, obviously. 🌈
• -D — uses zero for timestamps and UIDs/GIDs. this one is set by default, so it's already vibing unless you say otherwise. ⭐
• -filelist <listfile[,dirname]> — reads input file names from <listfile>. the file names are specified in <listfile> one per line, separated only by newlines. and like, whitespace on a line is assumed to be part of the filename (so don't come for me about trailing spaces, they're part of the name fr fr). if the directory name, dirname, is also specified, then it gets prepended to each file name in the <listfile>. 🧚
• -h, -help — shows help and usage for this command. the classic. 💜
• -help-list — shows help and usage for this command without grouping the options into categories. it's the ungrouped version, iykyk. 📋
• -l <x> — searches for the library libx.a in the library search path. okay so here's the details: if the string <x> ends with .o, then the library 'x' is searched for without prepending lib or appending .a. and if the library is found, it gets added to the list of input files. otherwise? an error is raised. no library, no service. 😭
• -L <dir> — adds <dir> to the list of directories in which to search for libraries. the directories are searched in the order in which they're specified with -L, and this happens before the default search path. the default search path includes directories /lib, /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib. so like, your custom paths get priority, periodt. 👑
• -no_warning_for_no_symbols — do not warn about files that have no symbols. sometimes a file just has nothing to say and that's fine, don't @ it. 🔇
• -o <filename> — specifies the output file name. and it must be specified exactly once. exactly once, bestie. don't test it. ⚠️
• -static — produces a static library from the input files. the static one. 💪
• -U — uses actual timestamps and UIDs/GIDs. the opposite of -D, for when you want the real-time vibes. 🕐
• -V — displays the version of this program and performs any operation specified. so it's not just a drive-by version check — it does the thing too. 🔥
• -version — displays the version of this program and exits immediately. this one dips out right after saying hi. ✌️

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🦋 EXIT STATUS 🦋

llvm-libtool-darwin exits with a non-zero exit code if there's an error. otherwise, it exits with code 0. so like, zero means slay, non-zero means something went wrong. simple as that. 💀

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🐛 BUGS 🐛

to report bugs, please visit <https://bugs.llvm.org/>. don't suffer in silence, bestie — go tell the team. 🫶

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🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

llvm-ar(1) — the other archiver you'll probably want to know about. your fave sibling tool, basically. 🌟

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/). iconic behavior honestly. 💖

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

2003-2023, LLVM Project — that's the copyright, no cap. 🎀

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and that's the whole page, bestie! llvm-libtool-darwin from the LLVM manual set — dated 2023-07-14, no version string listed beyond that, and fr fr it's a whole mood for Darwin library building. now go forth and -static something cute. 💅✨🦋