From b9cb1b4eed269b7fbcf516ce5f1ed3be99389d47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Sean T. Allen" <sean@seantallen.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:28:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Stop passing the removed `--link-ldcmd` ponyc option
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ponyc removed the `--linker` and `--link-ldcmd` command line options
(ponylang/ponyc#5452); embedded LLD is now the only linker. Our Linux
release builds passed `linker=bfd`, which the Makefile turned into
`--link-ldcmd=bfd`, so they now fail with `Unrecognised option`.

That flag already had no effect on embedded LLD, so these static
binaries were already being linked by it — dropping `linker=bfd` and the
Makefile option that produced the flag changes nothing about the output.
---
 .ci-scripts/release/arm64-unknown-linux-nightly.bash  | 2 +-
 .ci-scripts/release/arm64-unknown-linux-release.bash  | 2 +-
 .ci-scripts/release/x86-64-unknown-linux-nightly.bash | 2 +-
 .ci-scripts/release/x86-64-unknown-linux-release.bash | 2 +-
 Makefile                                              | 5 -----
 5 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.ci-scripts/release/arm64-unknown-linux-nightly.bash b/.ci-scripts/release/arm64-unknown-linux-nightly.bash
index 9c6b763..7bf639a 100755
--- a/.ci-scripts/release/arm64-unknown-linux-nightly.bash
+++ b/.ci-scripts/release/arm64-unknown-linux-nightly.bash
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ASSET_DESCRIPTION="https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
 # Build application installation
 echo -e "\e[34mBuilding ${APPLICATION_NAME}...\e[0m"
 make install prefix="${BUILD_DIR}" arch=${CPU} \
-  version="${APPLICATION_VERSION}" static=true linker=bfd
+  version="${APPLICATION_VERSION}" static=true
 
 # Package it all up
 echo -e "\e[34mCreating .tar.gz of ${APPLICATION_NAME}...\e[0m"
diff --git a/.ci-scripts/release/arm64-unknown-linux-release.bash b/.ci-scripts/release/arm64-unknown-linux-release.bash
index 5f5831d..66765b5 100755
--- a/.ci-scripts/release/arm64-unknown-linux-release.bash
+++ b/.ci-scripts/release/arm64-unknown-linux-release.bash
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ASSET_DESCRIPTION="https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
 # Build application installation
 echo -e "\e[34mBuilding ${APPLICATION_NAME}...\e[0m"
 make install prefix="${BUILD_DIR}" arch=${CPU} \
-  version="${APPLICATION_VERSION}" static=true linker=bfd
+  version="${APPLICATION_VERSION}" static=true
 
 # Package it all up
 echo -e "\e[34mCreating .tar.gz of ${APPLICATION_NAME}...\e[0m"
diff --git a/.ci-scripts/release/x86-64-unknown-linux-nightly.bash b/.ci-scripts/release/x86-64-unknown-linux-nightly.bash
index 93e83fa..b49dfce 100755
--- a/.ci-scripts/release/x86-64-unknown-linux-nightly.bash
+++ b/.ci-scripts/release/x86-64-unknown-linux-nightly.bash
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ASSET_DESCRIPTION="https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
 # Build application installation
 echo -e "\e[34mBuilding ${APPLICATION_NAME}...\e[0m"
 make install prefix="${BUILD_DIR}" arch=${ARCH} \
-  version="${APPLICATION_VERSION}" static=true linker=bfd
+  version="${APPLICATION_VERSION}" static=true
 
 # Package it all up
 echo -e "\e[34mCreating .tar.gz of ${APPLICATION_NAME}...\e[0m"
diff --git a/.ci-scripts/release/x86-64-unknown-linux-release.bash b/.ci-scripts/release/x86-64-unknown-linux-release.bash
index 6361e4b..c0fa397 100755
--- a/.ci-scripts/release/x86-64-unknown-linux-release.bash
+++ b/.ci-scripts/release/x86-64-unknown-linux-release.bash
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ ASSET_DESCRIPTION="https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
 # Build application installation
 echo -e "\e[34mBuilding ${APPLICATION_NAME}...\e[0m"
 make install prefix="${BUILD_DIR}" arch=${ARCH} \
-  version="${APPLICATION_VERSION}" static=true linker=bfd
+  version="${APPLICATION_VERSION}" static=true
 
 # Package it all up
 echo -e "\e[34mCreating .tar.gz of ${APPLICATION_NAME}...\e[0m"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1cae07b..5551619 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ destdir ?= ${prefix}
 config ?= release
 arch ?=
 static ?= false
-linker ?=
 
 BUNDLE := corral
 
@@ -42,10 +41,6 @@ ifeq ($(static),true)
   LINKER += --static
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(linker),)
-  LINKER += --link-ldcmd=$(linker)
-endif
-
 # Default to version from `VERSION` file but allowing overridding on the
 # make command line like:
 # make version="nightly-19710702"