Auto merge of #157205 - sgasho:link_llvm_dynamically_on_mac, r=ZuseZ4
Link LLVM dynamically on aarch64-apple-darwin
--set llvm.link-shared=true on dist-aarch64-apple to link LLVM dynamically on MacOS.
Also, I fixed some link problems, by normalizing the libLLVM.dylib name, and creating a symlink(On Linux, we use linker script, but we can not use it for MacOS. ld64 does not recognize linker scripts) from versioned dylib to unversioned libLLVM.dylib to build successfully.
## How I verified on my Mac
1. remove the old build dir
```shell
rm -rf build/
```
2. configure for rust-dev dist
```shell
./configure \
--set llvm.download-ci-llvm=false \
--set llvm.link-shared=true \
--release-channel=nightly
```
3. dist
```shell
./x dist rust-dev --host=aarch64-apple-darwin --target=aarch64-apple-darwin
```
4. move tarball to /tmp(or, wherever else except for inside build/) and delete the current build dir
We create build/ for both rust-dev dist, and local build tests. Once dist finished, we have to clear the directory so we can use it for build tests
```shell
cp build/dist/rust-dev-nightly-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz /tmp/
rm -rf build
```
I saw a symlink created as expected
<img width="652" height="406" alt="rust-dev artifacts" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dc49a637-8a1f-45c8-84f2-2ef101faae51" />
6. modify download.rs temporary so it gets the locally built tarball at step3
```rust
#[cfg(not(test))]
fn download_ci_llvm(&self, _llvm_sha: &str) {
let tarball = PathBuf::from("/tmp/rust-dev-nightly-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz");
let llvm_root = self.ci_llvm_root();
self.unpack(&tarball, &llvm_root, "rust-dev");
// let llvm_assertions = self.llvm_assertions;
// let cache_prefix = format!("llvm-{llvm_sha}-{llvm_assertions}");
// let cache_dst =
// self.bootstrap_cache_path.as_ref().cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| self.out.join("cache"));
// let rustc_cache = cache_dst.join(cache_prefix);
// if !rustc_cache.exists() {
// t!(fs::create_dir_all(&rustc_cache));
// }
// let base = if llvm_assertions {
// &self.stage0_metadata.config.artifacts_with_llvm_assertions_server
// } else {
// &self.stage0_metadata.config.artifacts_server
// };
// let version = self.artifact_version_part(llvm_sha);
// let filename = format!("rust-dev-{}-{}.tar.xz", version, self.host_target.triple);
// let tarball = rustc_cache.join(&filename);
// if !tarball.exists() {
// let help_on_error = "ERROR: failed to download llvm from ci
// HELP: There could be two reasons behind this:
// 1) The host triple is not supported for `download-ci-llvm`.
// 2) Old builds get deleted after a certain time.
// HELP: In either case, disable `download-ci-llvm` in your bootstrap.toml:
// [llvm]
// download-ci-llvm = false
// ";
// self.download_file(&format!("{base}/{llvm_sha}/{filename}"), &tarball, help_on_error);
// }
// let llvm_root = self.ci_llvm_root();
// self.unpack(&tarball, &llvm_root, "rust-dev");
}
```
7. configure for ./x build
```shell
rm -rf bootstrap.toml // delete existing config of rust-dev dist
// maybe we don't need to specify llvm.download-ci-llvm=true, since I bumped download-ci-llvm-stamp.
// but anyway, I explicitly specified it when I tested it
./configure \
--set llvm.download-ci-llvm=true \
--set llvm.link-shared=true \
--release-channel=nightly
```
8. ./x build
```shell
./x build (library)
```
Result: build completed successfully
<img width="861" height="763" alt="スクリーンショット 2026-06-01 0 38 21" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9660ac43-c275-4174-b80a-3483b4acfd40" />
r? @Kobzol
cc: @ZuseZ4
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