LLVM-LIBTOOL-DARWIN(1)

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version 21.1.8 · 8 versions
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💅 llvm-libtool-darwin — the LLVM libtool for Darwin 🍓

okay so bestie, welcome to the <pink>llvm-libtool-darwin</pink> page — it's part of the LLVM manual set, and it's literally the glow-up of library-making on Darwin ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options, then your input files, mwah 💋

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

llvm-libtool-darwin is the tool for making static and dynamic libraries for Darwin. iconic behavior, honestly 👑

and for most scenarios?? it works as a drop-in replacement for cctools' libtool. no cap, you can just swap it in. she's flexible like that 🧚

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

llvm-libtool-darwin supports the following options, bestie — pay attention, there's a lot and they all matter:

  • -arch_only <architecture> — build a static library only for the <architecture> you named, and ignore every other architecture chillin' in the files. very "you're not on the list, you're not coming in" energy 🚫
  • -D — use zero for timestamps and UIDs/GIDs. and heads up: this is set by default, so she's already doing it unless you say otherwise 💅
  • -filelist <listfile[,dirname]> — read your input file names from <listfile>, one per line, separated only by newlines. and the way whitespace works here?? any whitespace on a line is assumed to be part of the filename — so don't be out here adding spaces, bestie, they count 😭 and if you also give the directory name, dirname, then it gets prepended to each file name in the <listfile> ✨
  • -h, -help — show help and usage for this command. your little rescue button 🫶
  • -l <x> — searches for the library libx.a in the library search path. but here's the twist: if the string <x> ends with .o, then the library x is searched for without prepending lib or appending .a — no dressing up, just the raw name 👀 if the library is found, it's added to the list of input files. otherwise?? an error is raised. periodt 💀
  • -L <dir> — adds <dir> to the list of directories to search for libraries. they're searched in the order you specified with -L, and before the default search path. and the default search path includes the directories /lib, /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib — those are the OGs 🌈
  • -no_warning_for_no_symbols — do not warn about files that have no symbols. she's being nice about it 🙈
  • -warnings_as_errors — produce a non-zero exit status if any warnings are emitted. warnings get promoted, congrats to them 🎓
  • -o <filename> — specify the output file name. and it must be specified exactly once — exactly once, bestie, not zero, not twice, exactly once ✋
  • -static — produces a static library from the input files. classic, reliable, we love her 💖
  • -U — use actual timestamps and UIDs/GIDs. (y'know, the opposite of -D) ⏰
  • -V — display the version of this program and perform any operation specified. she multitasks, main character energy fr fr 👑
  • -version — display the version of this program and exit immediately. no multitasking here, just version and gone 🦋

💀 EXIT STATUS 💀

llvm-libtool-darwin exits with a non-zero exit code if there's an error. otherwise, she exits with code 0. clean, simple, no drama 💅

🌸 BUGS 🌸

to report bugs, please visit <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/>. the LLVM team wants to hear it, so don't be shy 🫶

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

💜 Author

maintained by the LLVM Team (<https://llvm.org/>) — give them a lil round of applause, they earned it 👏

2003-2026, LLVM Project — protect that copyright, it's been around since 2003, she's an elder icon 🎀

okay that's the whole page bestie, go build some libraries 😤 and one last cute lil sign-off: this hotness is from LLVM, dated 2026-05-15 — screenshot it, frame it, whatever, it's giving iconic 🦋✨💖

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