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Clarify documentation regarding `+bundle` linkage modifier
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Update src/doc/rustc/src/command-line-arguments.md
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Expand Up @@ -62,11 +62,15 @@ attribute or on the command-line, it will link a dynamic library if available,
otherwise it will use a static library. If the kind is specified on the
command-line, it will override the kind specified in a `link` attribute.

If you don't specify `KIND`, no linkage modifiers will be applied.
For instance, [`+bundle` linkage modifier][bundle-modifier] won't be used in conjunction with static library by default.
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Of course it won't be used, because there won't be any static library.
When this PR was submitted, unspecified kind always meant dylib.


The name used in a `link` attribute may be overridden using the form `-l
ATTR_NAME:LINK_NAME` where `ATTR_NAME` is the name in the `link` attribute,
and `LINK_NAME` is the name of the actual library that will be linked.

[link-attribute]: ../reference/items/external-blocks.html#the-link-attribute
[bundle-modifier]: #linking-modifiers-bundle

### Linking modifiers: `whole-archive`

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