symlinked mold as "ld.mold" for "-fuse-ld=ld.mold"

Author: jakoch

.devcontainer/debian/bookworm/Dockerfile

@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ RUN echo "LLVM udate-alternatives" && \
 # We are using Clang++ for compilation, so this download + compile step must happen after installing LLVM+Clang.
 # We don't need to call mold's ./install-build-deps.sh, because all build dependencies are present.
 # Note to overwrite ld: sudo ln -sf /opt/mold/bin/mold $(realpath /usr/bin/ld)
+# Note: mold is also added as "ld.mold". why is "-fuse-ld=ld.mold" and not "-fuse-ld=mold" used in CMake?
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 RUN echo "MOLD" && \
@@ -385,6 +386,7 @@ RUN echo "MOLD" && \
     cmake --build /tmp/mold/build -j "$(nproc)" && \
     cmake --install /tmp/mold/build --prefix=/opt/mold && \
     ln -s /opt/mold/bin/mold /usr/bin && \
+    ln -sf /usr/bin/mold /usr/bin/ld.mold && \
     rm -rf /tmp/mold
 
 #

.devcontainer/debian/trixie/Dockerfile

@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/cc cc /usr/bin/clang 100 && \
 # We are using Clang++ for compilation, so this download + compile step must happen after installing LLVM+Clang.
 # We don't need to call mold's ./install-build-deps.sh, because all build dependencies are present.
 # Note to overwrite ld: sudo ln -sf /opt/mold/bin/mold $(realpath /usr/bin/ld)
+# Note: mold is also added as "ld.mold". why is "-fuse-ld=ld.mold" and not "-fuse-ld=mold" used in CMake?
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 RUN echo "MOLD" && \
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ RUN echo "MOLD" && \
     cmake --build /tmp/mold/build -j "$(nproc)" && \
     cmake --install /tmp/mold/build --prefix=/opt/mold && \
     ln -s /opt/mold/bin/mold /usr/bin && \
+    ln -sf /usr/bin/mold /usr/bin/ld.mold && \
     rm -rf /tmp/mold
 
 #

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - "It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." - 1984
 
+- added symlink for /usr/bin/mold -> /usr/bin/ld.mold (for -fuse-ld)
+
 ## [1.0.12] - 2025-07-30
 
 **Changed**