binutils does not include gld (GNU ld) utility

[alexreg]

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I believe this package should include the gld (GNU ld) program, but it does not. I have verified it does not exist in the cellar.

[fxcoudert]

GNU binutils's ld does not support Darwin (macOS), and is thus not built.

[alexreg]

Okay, thanks for the info.

[JustAPerson]

Does it not build at all on darwin, or does it not target darwin?
In my use case I would like to just generate a normal ELF just as if I were on linux.

[fxcoudert]

You can build binutils as cross-tools, hosted on macOS and targeting ELF/Linux. But this is not what this formula does (and we do not include a Linux cross-binutils in Homebrew currently).