[issue39575] `coverage` build target should use --coverage instead of -lgcov

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: New changeset 9a978ddb93bf5eaa519916d9a40c4fa4edf5d854 by Fangrui Song in branch 'master': closes bpo-39575: Change -lgcov to --coverage. (GH-18382) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9a978ddb93bf5eaa519916d9a40c4fa4edf5d854 -- nosy:

[issue39575] `coverage` build target should use --coverage instead of -lgcov

Change by MaskRay : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +17768 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18382 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue39575] `coverage` build target should use --coverage instead of -lgcov

New submission from MaskRay : This allows clang to get rid of the dependency on libgcov. When linking, GCC passes -lgcov while clang passes the path to libclang_rt.profile-$arch.a -- components: Build messages: 361528 nosy: MaskRay priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: