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does zig cc expose a linker (ld)?

I am trying to compile xz with zig cc on Linux without build tools except zig:

$ zig version
0.8.0-dev.1039+bea791b63
$ export CC="zig cc"
$ ./configure
<...>
checking for ld used by zig cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable ld found in $PATH

Which is true: system does not have a linker. And zig doesn't advertise one:

$ zig cc -print-prog-name=ld
ld

Can/does zig cc provide a linker?

Solution 
  • zig ld.lld

    for ELF. See this for other formats.

    Also see https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/8755 for zig ld.