https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98860
--- Comment #48 from jyong at gcc dot gnu.org --- Now that's an interesting trick I never thought of. There's LLVM based mingw, but I have never used nor do I know if it is relevant here. Gold is ELF only as far as I know, so it would never be used. That should leave only BFD ld.