From a53becc034fc9447843286d140780e25d29c07d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Knight <mattnite@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 10:28:25 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] don't invoke linker when just building an object

---
 src/link.zig | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/link.zig b/src/link.zig
index 762c6f9212..66330ae9b0 100644
--- a/src/link.zig
+++ b/src/link.zig
@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ pub const File = struct {
             try fs.cwd().copyFile(cached_pp_file_path, fs.cwd(), full_out_path, .{});
             return;
         }
+
+        if (base.options.output_mode == .Obj)
+            return;
+
         const use_lld = build_options.have_llvm and base.options.use_lld;
         if (use_lld and base.options.output_mode == .Lib and base.options.link_mode == .Static) {
             return base.linkAsArchive(comp);