dub: enhance dependency handling

fixes #4032: meson now checks properly for the compiler used to compile dub dependencies

fixes #3568: applied the following patch https://paste.debian.net/1039317/

meson now adds flags for native dependencies required by dub modules

meson now checks for the D version implemented by the compiler used to build dub dependencies (execpt gdc which doesn't support this)

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/d.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/d.py
index a03af3e..7398301 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/d.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/d.py
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ class DCompiler(Compiler):
     def name_string(self):
         return ' '.join(self.exelist)
 
+    def get_exelist(self):
+        return self.exelist
+
     def get_linker_exelist(self):
         return self.exelist[:]
 
@@ -294,6 +297,11 @@ class DCompiler(Compiler):
                 # a linker search path.
                 dcargs.append('-L' + arg)
                 continue
+            elif arg.startswith('/') or arg.startswith('./'):
+                # absolute (or relative) paths passed to the linker may be static libraries
+                # or other objects that we need to link.
+                dcargs.append('-L' + arg)
+                continue
             elif arg.startswith('-mscrtlib='):
                 mscrtlib = arg[10:].lower()
 
@@ -309,6 +317,7 @@ class DCompiler(Compiler):
                         dcargs.append('-L/DEFAULTLIB:legacy_stdio_definitions.lib')
 
                 dcargs.append(arg)
+
                 continue
             dcargs.append(arg)