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1.. If you want to modify sections/contents permanently, you should modify both2 ReleaseNotes.rst and ReleaseNotesTemplate.txt.3 4===========================5lld |release| Release Notes6===========================7 8.. contents::9 :local:10 11.. only:: PreRelease12 13 .. warning::14 These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM |release| release.15 Release notes for previous releases can be found on16 `the Download Page <https://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_.17 18Introduction19============20 21This document contains the release notes for the lld linker, release |release|.22Here we describe the status of lld, including major improvements23from the previous release. All lld releases may be downloaded24from the `LLVM releases web site <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.25 26Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release27=================================================28 29ELF Improvements30----------------31 32* ``--print-gc-sections=<file>`` prints garbage collection section listing to a file.33 (`#159706 <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/159706>`_)34 35Breaking changes36----------------37 38COFF Improvements39-----------------40 41MinGW Improvements42------------------43 44MachO Improvements45------------------46 47* ``--separate-cstring-literal-sections`` emits cstring literal sections into sections defined by their section name.48 (`#158720 <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/158720>`_)49* ``--tail-merge-strings`` enables tail merging of cstring literals.50 (`#161262 <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/161262>`_)51 52WebAssembly Improvements53------------------------54 55* The ``--stack-first`` flag is now enabled by default. The old56 behavior can be enabled using ``--no-stack-first``.57 58Fixes59#####60