Consider compiler arguments in linker detection logic

If a user passes -fuse-ld=gold to gcc or clang, they expect that they'll
get ld.gold, not whatever the default is. Meson currently doesn't do
that, because it doesn't pass these arguments to the linker detection
logic. This patch fixes that. Another case that this is needed is with
clang's --target option

This is a bad solution, honestly, and it would be better to use $LD or a
cross/native file but this is needed for backwards compatability.

Fixes #6057

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/linkers.py b/mesonbuild/linkers.py
index ab532a4..4dae5eb 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/linkers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/linkers.py
@@ -344,10 +344,6 @@ class DynamicLinker(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         raise mesonlib.EnvironmentException(
             'Linker {} does not support allow undefined'.format(self.id))
 
-    def invoked_by_compiler(self) -> bool:
-        """True if meson uses the compiler to invoke the linker."""
-        return True
-
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def get_output_args(self, outname: str) -> typing.List[str]:
         pass
@@ -468,10 +464,6 @@ class GnuLikeDynamicLinkerMixin:
             return []
         return ['-fsanitize=' + value]
 
-    def invoked_by_compiler(self) -> bool:
-        """True if meson uses the compiler to invoke the linker."""
-        return True
-
     def get_coverage_args(self) -> typing.List[str]:
         return ['--coverage']
 
@@ -787,7 +779,6 @@ class VisualStudioLikeLinkerMixin:
 
     def __init__(self, *args, direct: bool = True, machine: str = 'x86', **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.direct = direct
         self.machine = machine
 
     def invoked_by_compiler(self) -> bool: