Correctly handle platform-specific LDFLAGS options

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
index bb698fc..2c9508b 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
@@ -900,6 +900,11 @@ class Compiler:
         "Always returns a copy that can be independently mutated"
         return args[:]
 
+    @classmethod
+    def native_args_to_unix(cls, args: typing.List[str]) -> typing.List[str]:
+        "Always returns a copy that can be independently mutated"
+        return args[:]
+
     def find_library(self, *args, **kwargs):
         raise EnvironmentException('Language {} does not support library finding.'.format(self.get_display_language()))
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py
index 5fe8599..48a2229 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py
@@ -234,6 +234,18 @@ class VisualStudioLikeCompiler(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
             result.append(i)
         return result
 
+    @classmethod
+    def native_args_to_unix(cls, args: typing.List[str]) -> typing.List[str]:
+        result = []
+        for arg in args:
+            if arg.startswith('/LIBPATH:'):
+                result.append('-L' + arg[9:])
+            elif arg.endswith(('.a', '.lib')) and not os.path.isabs(arg):
+                result.append('-l' + arg)
+            else:
+                result.append(arg)
+        return result
+
     def get_werror_args(self) -> typing.List[str]:
         return ['/WX']