Add support for driving lld-link indirectly through clang on Windows

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/environment.py b/mesonbuild/environment.py
index faac0ed..c157bb2 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/environment.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/environment.py
@@ -940,6 +940,10 @@ class Environment:
                 return LLVMDynamicLinker(
                     compiler, for_machine, comp_class.LINKER_PREFIX,
                     override, version=search_version(o))
+            elif not invoked_directly:
+                return ClangClDynamicLinker(
+                    for_machine, override, exelist=compiler, prefix=comp_class.LINKER_PREFIX,
+                    version=search_version(o), direct=False, machine=None)
 
         if value is not None and invoked_directly:
             compiler = value
@@ -1236,7 +1240,7 @@ class Environment:
                     # style ld, but for clang on "real" windows we'll use
                     # either link.exe or lld-link.exe
                     try:
-                        linker = self._guess_win_linker(compiler, cls, for_machine)
+                        linker = self._guess_win_linker(compiler, cls, for_machine, invoked_directly=False)
                     except MesonException:
                         pass
                 if linker is None: