The Swift language uses a linker script when building binaries. Unfortunately gold cannot parse it. ld.bfd is fine: markus@x4 x86_64 % cat swift.ld SECTIONS { .swift2_protocol_conformances : { .swift2_protocol_conformances_start = . ; QUAD(SIZEOF(.swift2_protocol_conformances) - 8) ; *(.swift2_protocol_conformances) ; } } INSERT AFTER .dtors markus@x4 x86_64 % ld.bfd -T swift.ld ld.bfd: no input files markus@x4 x86_64 % ld.gold -T swift.ld ld.gold: error: swift.ld:10:8: syntax error, unexpected STRING ld.gold: fatal error: unable to parse script file swift.ld
Looks like a dup of PR15373.
Resolving as duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 15373 ***