[PATCH v4 1/4] build: unblock the use of the MSVC compiler

[Dmitry Kozlyuk]

2023-08-14 09:27 (UTC+0100), Bruce Richardson:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 11:24:44AM -0700, Tyler Retzlaff wrote:
> > Detect when MSVC toolset is available and tweak toolchain arguments
> > where the meson build system offers no abstraction.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla at linux.microsoft.com>
> > Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  config/meson.build     | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
> >  config/x86/meson.build | 10 ++++++----
> >  lib/meson.build        | 13 ++++++++++---
> >  3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
> > index d822371..b6c7d48 100644
> > --- a/config/meson.build
> > +++ b/config/meson.build
> > @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ endforeach
> >  
> >  # MS linker requires special treatment.
> >  # TODO: use cc.get_linker_id() with Meson >= 0.54
> > -is_ms_linker = is_windows and (cc.get_id() == 'clang')
> > +is_ms_compiler = is_windows and (cc.get_id() == 'msvc')
> > +is_ms_linker = is_windows and (cc.get_id() == 'clang' or is_ms_compiler)  
> 
> Question out of interest, what other linker option do we have on windows?
> When is the second part of this conditional false?

MinGW: GCC    + GNU ld (the second conditional is false)
Clang: clang  + link.exe
MSVC:  cl.exe + link.exe