Does glibc now compile with mold?

[immolo]

I see glibc has been removed from gdoc tracker but I'm still unable to get this build with the following error:

`checking if x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -m32 -mstackrealign -march=native -pipe -O2 -fuse-ld=mold -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed is sufficient to build libc... yes
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-nm... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nm
checking for python3... python3
checking version of python3... 3.11.0, ok
configure: error:
*** These critical programs are missing or too old: GNU ld
*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.

• ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.36-r4::gentoo failed (configure phase):
• failed to configure glibc`

Am I missing something or was the line just removed in error?

[ghost]

If glibc devs does not add support for mold it would be hard to build, as it's not something @rui314 can do on his side

[ghost]

I have the same problem as well

[rui314]

I believe the glibc's configure script not only checks if the linker is GNU ld but also which version it is. To simulate GNU ld, we include the phrase "compatible with GNU ld" in our --help message (as I discussed in my essay on software compatibility and our user-agent problem, which can be found at https://www.sigbus.info/software-compatibility-and-our-own-user-agent-problem). However, it's possible that glibc may verify the version as well. You may want to ask glibc devs to remove excessive version checks.

[SigHunter]

just as an update: this is still the case for current glibc 2.38