Fix dependencies for vala.links #13158

Using the keyword argument dependencies with compiler.links() for vala doesn't work as the library being linked to needs to be prefixed with --pkg= before being passed to valac.

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diff --git a/test cases/vala/30 dependencies for compiler.links/meson.build b/test cases/vala/30 dependencies for compiler.links/meson.build
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+project('dependency-link-test', ['c', 'vala'], version: '0.1')
+
+valac = meson.get_compiler('vala')
+gee_dep = dependency('gee-0.8', required : false)
+
+code = '''void main() {
+  var a=new Gee.ArrayList<int> ();
+  a.add (42);
+  stdout.printf("%i",a[0]);}'''
+
+if gee_dep.found()
+  # test 1; code should link
+  code_links = valac.links(
+    code,
+    dependencies : [gee_dep],
+    name: 'links with gee-0.8 library? == YES',
+  )
+  assert (code_links, 'gee-0.8 library should link successfully.')
+endif
+
+# test 2; code should not link
+code_links = valac.links(
+  code,
+  name: 'links with gee library? == NO',
+)
+assert (not code_links, 'gee-0.8 library should not link successfully.')
+
+math_dep = meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('m', required : false)
+glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', required : false)
+
+code = '''void main() {
+  var a=GLib.Math.cos (GLib.Math.PI / 3);
+  stdout.printf("%f",a);}'''
+
+if math_dep.found() and glib_dep.found()
+  # test 3; code should link
+  code_links = valac.links(
+    code,
+    dependencies : [math_dep, glib_dep],
+    name: 'links with math & glib-2.0 library? == YES',
+  )
+  assert (code_links, 'Math library and glib-2.0 library should link successfully.')
+endif
+
+gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', required : false)
+
+code = '''void main() {var s = new GLib.Settings ("test");}'''
+
+if gio_dep.found()
+  # test 4; code should link
+  code_links = valac.links(
+    code,
+    dependencies : [gio_dep],
+    name: 'links with gio-2.0? == YES',
+  )
+  assert (code_links, 'gio-2.0 library should link successfully.')
+endif
+
+# test 5; code should not link
+  code_links = valac.links(
+    code,
+    name: 'links with gio-2.0? == NO',
+)
+assert (not code_links, 'gio-2.0 library should not link successfully.')