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The sold linker
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sold repo out of date? #43

Open mrcnski opened 11 months ago

mrcnski commented 11 months ago
  1. The paid sold repo has not had activity for 5 months, as opposed to the free mold being last updated today.
  2. The build instructions do not work for sold. There are no tags so git checkout v2.4.0 does not work.
  3. I tried to build on the main branch but I get an error: 
$ ../install-build-deps.sh
../install-build-deps.sh: line 3: /etc/os-release: No such file or directory

As a paid user it would be nice to get the latest version of the code. I tried to build mold instead, but it also errored.

It would be nice to provide a good experience for paying users.

rui314 commented 11 months ago

Sorry for the trouble. We are considering relicensing the sold linker as free software rather than as a commercial product, given the recent developments with the official Apple linker. Since Apple's linker has gained speed, it's difficult to obtain a sufficient number of users to sustain this project.

acshi commented 10 months ago

I'm also facing this ../install-build-deps.sh: line 3: /etc/os-release: No such file or directory issue.

Is there any intermediate solution if I want to use sold in any capacity right now?

satvikpendem commented 10 months ago

@acshi @mrcnski You only have to run install-build-deps.sh on Linux, not macOS, which is likely what you're using as macOS does not have a /etc/os-release file, that is a Linux concept.

rui314 commented 10 months ago

That's correct. That script is for Linux. For macOS, you can built it with CMake and Xcode.

mrcnski commented 10 months ago

In that case, the docs should be updated:

The build instruction for sold is the same as for mold except that you check out https://github.com/bluewhalesystems/sold.git instead of https://github.com/rui314/mold.git.

BLucky-gh commented 10 months ago

Sorry for the trouble. We are considering relicensing the sold linker as free software rather than as a commercial product, given the recent developments with the official Apple linker. Since Apple's linker has gained speed, it's difficult to obtain a sufficient number of users to sustain this project.

since sold is just the paid version of mold (I assume a fork?), are you going to just merge the differences back into mold or will sold just be the "no longer paid" version of the "not paid at all" mold with the only difference I can find being darwin support? The logical thing would be to just merge but the wording of that comments seems to imply that they'll stay separate...

moritzuehling commented 10 months ago

That's correct. That script is for Linux. For macOS, you can built it with CMake and Xcode

Is there any guide on that? My plan is to use sold with rust, and I'm not at all familar with Xcode, coming from Linux/Windows (for reference, mold is amazing there!).

I must admit that I was a bit disappointed, I did buy sold and then found out I didn't even know how to build it, there's no binaries provided, and the guide doesn't work (and requires software not documented anywhere) :/

Since Apple's linker has gained speed, it's difficult to obtain a sufficient number of users to sustain this project.

Is sold still faster? If yes, do you have numbers?

rui314 commented 8 months ago

@moritzuehling Sorry for the trouble. I can refund you if you want. Honestly, it is impossible for a small company like us to compete with Apple if Apple is serious about it.

mrcnski commented 8 months ago

Appreciate the integrity @rui314, and sorry that it turned out this way. mold looks like some really great work.

X547 commented 8 months ago

If Sold is relicensed under MIT, is it possible to merge it back to Mold?

rui314 commented 8 months ago

I wouldn't have the bandwidth to maintain the macOS part of the mold linker, so it's unlikely to happen.

BLucky-gh commented 8 months ago

What about adding a disclaimer that the macOS part is unmaintained and is provided "as is"?

Eventually someone might even send a PR

perseoGI commented 5 months ago

What about adding a disclaimer that the macOS part is unmaintained and is provided "as is"?

Eventually someone might even send a PR

Yes that would be nice. I'll have liked to have a note in mold README warning that mold does nos support mach-o.