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Is it necessary to include linker commands in CodeChecher?

Previously, I asked and received advice on invoking Clang Static Analyzer for doing cross-translation-unit analysis. But this is now a separate issue.

What I want to ask here, do I need to include linker commands when using the newer CodeChecker?

Solution

  • CodeChecker dev here. Linker information is not used during the analysis. You can read about the CTU mode in this user guide: https://github.com/Ericsson/codechecker/blob/master/docs/analyzer/user_guide.md#cross-translation-unit-ctu-analysis-mode

    The workflow when using CTU mode is more or less the same, like without it. The standard workflow is to do a CodeChecker log then a CodeChecker analyse then a CodeChecker parse or store to view the results, just add the --ctu flag to the analysis command.