| CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_FRONTEND_VARIANT |
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| .. versionadded:: 3.29 |
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| Identification string of the linker frontend variant. |
| |
| Some linkers have multiple, different frontends for accepting command |
| line options. For example, ``LLVM LLD`` originally only had a frontend |
| compatible with the ``GNU`` compiler, but since its port to Windows |
| (``lld-link``), it now also supports a frontend compatible with ``MSVC``. |
| When CMake detects such a linker, it sets this variable to what would have been |
| the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_ID` for the linker whose frontend |
| it resembles. |
| |
| .. note:: |
| In other words, this variable describes what command line options |
| and language extensions the linker frontend expects. |