[I'm using leap 42.3, but I guess it's a generic question, so I'm writing to this list.] Folks, is there any documentation that explains the differences, strengths, advantages, etc., between the `LLVMgold.so' plugin for `ar' and `liblto_plugin.so' from gcc? On leap 42.3, a link to the former is installed by default in `/usr/lib/bfd-plugins', while I have to create a link for the latter if I want to use it (using ar's `--plugin' option, or removing the link to `LLVMgold.so') – I guess this is still the case with Tumbleweed... Reason for my question is a crash in `LLVMgold.so', see https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1117239 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23928 To circumvent the issue I wonder whether it makes sense to simply replace the plugin with gcc's version, but I can't find any background information whether this is sensible... Werner