Why is main's system clang (12.0.1-rc2) using /usr/local/bin/aarch64-unknown-freebsd14.0-ld ? (such breaks things)

From: Mark Millard via freebsd-toolchain <freebsd-toolchain_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:21:28 UTC
Context:

# uname -apKU
FreeBSD CA72_16Gp_ZFS 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #10 main-n247756-348c41d1815d-dirty: Mon Jul  5 10:23:55 PDT 2021     root@CA72_16Gp_ZFS:/usr/obj/BUILDs/main-CA72-nodbg-clang/usr/main-src/arm64.aarch64/sys/GENERIC-NODBG-CA72  arm64 aarch64 1400025 1400025


Showing a trivial example . . .

# cat trivial.cpp
// # c++ -v -o trival trivial.cpp

int main() {
}

# c++ -v
FreeBSD clang version 12.0.1 (git@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-12.0.1-rc2-0-ge7dac564cd0e)
Target: aarch64-unknown-freebsd14.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /usr/bin

# c++ -v -o trivial trivial.cpp
FreeBSD clang version 12.0.1 (git@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-12.0.1-rc2-0-ge7dac564cd0e)
Target: aarch64-unknown-freebsd14.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /usr/bin
 "/usr/bin/c++" -cc1 -triple aarch64-unknown-freebsd14.0 -emit-obj -mrelax-all --mrelax-relocations -disable-free -disable-llvm-verifier -discard-value-names -main-file-name trivial.cpp -mrelocation-model static -mframe-pointer=non-leaf -fno-rounding-math -mconstructor-aliases -munwind-tables -target-cpu generic -target-feature +neon -target-abi aapcs -fallow-half-arguments-and-returns -fno-split-dwarf-inlining -debugger-tuning=gdb -v -resource-dir /usr/lib/clang/12.0.1 -internal-isystem /usr/include/c++/v1 -fdeprecated-macro -fdebug-compilation-dir /usr/home/root/c_tests -ferror-limit 19 -fno-signed-char -fgnuc-version=4.2.1 -fcxx-exceptions -fexceptions -faddrsig -o /tmp/trivial-5d90b5.o -x c++ trivial.cpp
clang -cc1 version 12.0.1 based upon LLVM 12.0.1 default target aarch64-unknown-freebsd14.0
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/include/c++/v1
 /usr/lib/clang/12.0.1/include
 /usr/include
End of search list.
 "/usr/local/bin/aarch64-unknown-freebsd14.0-ld" --eh-frame-hdr -dynamic-linker /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 --enable-new-dtags -o trivial /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o /usr/lib/crtbegin.o -L/usr/lib /tmp/trivial-5d90b5.o -lc++ -lm -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed -lc -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed /usr/lib/crtend.o /usr/lib/crtn.o
CA72_16Gp_ZFS# c++ -v
FreeBSD clang version 12.0.1 (git@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-12.0.1-rc2-0-ge7dac564cd0e)
Target: aarch64-unknown-freebsd14.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /usr/bin

Note the "/usr/local/bin/aarch64-unknown-freebsd14.0-ld" path
for ld.


I've an example where this usage leads to:

/usr/local/bin/aarch64-unknown-freebsd14.0-ld: /usr/bin/../lib/LLVMgold.so: error loading plugin: Cannot open "/usr/bin/../lib/LLVMgold.so"
clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
*** Error code 1

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