# CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_FRONTEND_VARIANT

Added in version 3.29.

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 `CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_ID` for the linker whose frontend it resembles.

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In other words, this variable describes what command line options and language extensions the linker frontend expects.