• Jerry (11/11) Jan 20 2022 Hello, followed the guide at
• H. S. Teoh (13/24) Jan 20 2022 You're trying to use bfd as your linker, and I think that only exists on
• evilrat (5/8) Jan 21 2022 Here I documented some of the quirks I've hit during android
• Jerry (2/15) Jan 21 2022 Thank you mate, got it working now. With the ld linker.
• Jerry (4/5) Jan 21 2022 Found ld linker as you described.
• Jerry (3/8) Jan 21 2022 Or atleast that's what I thought, it links, but won't run,

Jerry <labuurii gmail.com> writes:

Hello, followed the guide at 
https://wiki.dlang.org/Build_D_for_Android
but got stuck on figuring out what linker to use.

"../ldc_android/ldc/bin/ldc2.exe" -mtriple=armv7a--linux-andro
ideabi main.d
clang: error: invalid linker name in argument '-fuse-ld=bfd'
Error: 
ldc_android/android_ndk/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin
/aarch64-linux-android21-clang.cmd failed with status: 1

Do I need to install a GNU linker with cross compile 
compatabilities or is my system not configured properly?

"H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh quickfur.ath.cx> writes:

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 07:10:40PM +0000, Jerry via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
 Hello, followed the guide at https://wiki.dlang.org/Build_D_for_Android
 but got stuck on figuring out what linker to use.
 
 "../ldc_android/ldc/bin/ldc2.exe" -mtriple=armv7a--linux-andro
 ideabi main.d
 clang: error: invalid linker name in argument '-fuse-ld=bfd'
 Error: ldc_android/android_ndk/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin
 /aarch64-linux-android21-clang.cmd failed with status: 1
 
 Do I need to install a GNU linker with cross compile compatabilities or is
 my system not configured properly?

You're trying to use bfd as your linker, and I think that only exists on
the Linux version of the NDK. Maybe try looking somewhere under
ldc_android/android_ndk/toolchains/x86_64-*/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin
to see what linkers are shipped with your NDK, and specify that instead?

On Linux, I see a bunch of binaries named x86_64-linux-android-*,
including *-ld, *-ld.bfd, *-ld.gold, which are the 3 linkers that can be
used via -fuse-ld=bfd, -fuse-ld=gold, etc..  I'm not sure how it works
on Windows, but there should be corresponding binaries that might give a
hint as to what's the correct -fuse-ld=... option you need to use.


T

-- 
Famous last words: I *think* this will work...

evilrat <evilrat666 gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 20 January 2022 at 19:31:06 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
 I'm not sure how it works on Windows, but there should be 
 corresponding binaries that might give a hint as to what's the 
 correct -fuse-ld=... option you need to use.

Here I documented some of the quirks I've hit during android 
prototyping.
Works like this, no idea if it is still up to date though.

https://github.com/Superbelko/android-sdl-d/blob/master/guide/README.md

Jerry <labuurii gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 20 January 2022 at 19:31:06 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
 On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 07:10:40PM +0000, Jerry via 
 Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:

 You're trying to use bfd as your linker, and I think that only 
 exists on the Linux version of the NDK. Maybe try looking 
 somewhere under 
 ldc_android/android_ndk/toolchains/x86_64-*/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin to see
what linkers are shipped with your NDK, and specify that instead?

 On Linux, I see a bunch of binaries named 
 x86_64-linux-android-*, including *-ld, *-ld.bfd, *-ld.gold, 
 which are the 3 linkers that can be used via -fuse-ld=bfd, 
 -fuse-ld=gold, etc..  I'm not sure how it works on Windows, but 
 there should be corresponding binaries that might give a hint 
 as to what's the correct -fuse-ld=... option you need to use.


 T

Thank you mate, got it working now. With the ld linker.

Jerry <labuurii gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 20 January 2022 at 19:31:06 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
 T

Found ld linker as you described.
Slapped on the --linker=ld flag and now everything is working. 
Thanks! :D

Jerry <labuurii gmail.com> writes:

On Friday, 21 January 2022 at 09:52:10 UTC, Jerry wrote:
 On Thursday, 20 January 2022 at 19:31:06 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
 T

 Found ld linker as you described.
 Slapped on the --linker=ld flag and now everything is working. 
 Thanks! :D

Or atleast that's what I thought, it links, but won't run, 
apparently bfd linker is required. So I installed that one.