Don't add -fuse-ld=gold to cflags

build/common.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 # IMPORTANT:
 # Please don't directly include this file if you are building via gyp_chromium,
 # since gyp_chromium is automatically forcing its inclusion.
 {
   # Variables expected to be overriden on the GYP command line (-D) or by
   # ~/.gyp/include.gypi.
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                   '-mfpmath=sse',
                   '-mmmx',  # Allows mmintrin.h for MMX intrinsics.
                   '-m32',
                 ],
                 'ldflags': [
                   '-m32',
                 ],
                 'conditions': [
                   # Use gold linker for Android ia32 target.
                   ['OS=="android"', {
-                    'cflags': [
-                      '-fuse-ld=gold',
-                    ],
                     'ldflags': [
                       '-fuse-ld=gold',
                     ],
                   }],
                   # Install packages have started cropping up with
                   # different headers between the 32-bit and 64-bit
                   # versions, so we have to shadow those differences off
                   # and make sure a 32-bit-on-64-bit build picks up the
                   # right files.
                   # For android build, use NDK headers instead of host headers
                   ['host_arch!="ia32" and OS!="android"', {
                     'include_dirs+': [
                       '/usr/include32',
                     ],
                   }],
                 ],
               }],
             ],
           }],
           ['target_arch=="x64"', {
             'target_conditions': [
               ['_toolset=="target"', {
                 'conditions': [
                   # Use gold linker for Android x64 target.
                   ['OS=="android"', {
-                    'cflags': [
-                      '-fuse-ld=gold',
-                    ],
                     'ldflags': [
                       '-fuse-ld=gold',
                     ],
                   }],
                 ],
                 'cflags': [
                   '-m64',
                   '-march=x86-64',
                 ],
                 'ldflags': [
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                     # uses by default when building for arm, reference for which
                     # can be found in the following file in the Android NDK:
                     # toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3/setup.mk
                     'cflags': [
                       # The tree-sra optimization (scalar replacement for
                       # aggregates enabling subsequent optimizations) leads to
                       # invalid code generation when using the Android NDK's
                       # compiler (r5-r7). This can be verified using
                       # webkit_unit_tests' WTF.Checked_int8_t test.
                       '-fno-tree-sra',
-                      '-fuse-ld=gold',
                       '-Wno-psabi',
                     ],
                     # Android now supports .relro sections properly.
                     # NOTE: While these flags enable the generation of .relro
                     # sections, the generated libraries can still be loaded on
                     # older Android platform versions.
                     'ldflags': [
                         '-Wl,-z,relro',
                         '-Wl,-z,now',
                         '-fuse-ld=gold',
                     ],
                     'conditions': [
                       ['arm_thumb==1', {
                         'cflags': [ '-mthumb-interwork' ],
                       }],
                       ['profiling==1', {
                         'cflags': [
                           '-marm', # Probably reduntant, but recommend by "perf" docs.
                           '-mapcs-frame', # Seems required by -fno-omit-frame-pointer.
                         ],
                       }],
                       ['clang==1', {
                         'cflags!': [
                           # Clang does not support the following options.
                           '-mthumb-interwork',
                           '-finline-limit=64',
                           '-fno-tree-sra',
-                          '-fuse-ld=gold',
                           '-Wno-psabi',
                         ],
                         'cflags': [
                           # TODO(hans) Enable integrated-as (crbug.com/124610).
                           '-no-integrated-as',
                           '-B<(android_toolchain)',  # Else /usr/bin/as gets picked up.
                         ],
 
                         'ldflags!': [
                           # Clang does not support the following options.
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                 ],
               }],
               # Newer gcc's support -fuse-ld, use the flag to force gold
               # selection.
               # gcc -- http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.8.0/gcc/Optimize-Options.html
               # TODO(mithro): Watch for clang support at following thread:
               # http://clang-developers.42468.n3.nabble.com/Adding-fuse-ld-support-to-clang-td4032180.html
               ['gcc_version>=48', {
                 'target_conditions': [
                   ['_toolset=="target"', {
-                    'cflags': [
-                      '-fuse-ld=gold',
-                    ],
                     'ldflags': [
                       '-fuse-ld=gold',
                     ],
                   }],
                 ],
               }],
               ['host_gcc_version>=48', {
                 'target_conditions': [
                   ['_toolset=="host"', {
-                    'cflags': [
-                      '-fuse-ld=gold',
-                    ],
                     'ldflags': [
                       '-fuse-ld=gold',
                     ],
                   }],
                 ],
               }],
             ],
           }],
           ['linux_use_bundled_binutils==1', {
             'cflags': [
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     # settings in target dicts.  SYMROOT is a special case, because many other
     # Xcode variables depend on it, including variables such as
     # PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR.  When a source group corresponding to something
     # like PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR is added to a project, in order for the
     # files to appear (when present) in the UI as actual files and not red
     # red "missing file" proxies, the correct path to PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR,
     # and therefore SYMROOT, needs to be set at the project level.
     'SYMROOT': '<(DEPTH)/xcodebuild',
   },
 }