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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-99270

Support 'mold' linker when building Qt

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      https://github.com/rui314/mold

      The 'mold' linker for Linux recently had a stable 1.0 release.

      It claims faster link times compared to even lld.
      It would be nice to support using it when building/developing Qt for faster incremental rebuilds.

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        # Subject Branch Project Status CR V
        403408,1 configure: Add mold to help 6.2 qt/qtbase Status: NEW -1 0
        386882,15 CMake: Add support building Qt with the 'mold' linker dev qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0
        391233,2 CMake: Add support building Qt with the 'mold' linker 6.3 qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0
        391234,2 CMake: Add support building Qt with the 'mold' linker 6.2 qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0
        403151,3 configure: Add mold to help dev qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0
        403407,2 configure: Add mold to help 6.3 qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0

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            qtbuildsystem Qt Build System Team
            alexandru.croitor Alexandru Croitor
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