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-rw-r--r--mesonbuild/backend/backends.py14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
index d66418c..d6b8e7c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ class Backend():
filename = os.path.join(targetdir, fname)
return filename
+ def get_target_filename_for_linking(self, target):
+ # On some platforms (msvc for instance), the file that is used for
+ # dynamic linking is not the same as the dynamic library itself. This
+ # file is called an import library, and we want to link against that.
+ # On platforms where this distinction is not important, the import
+ # library is the same as the dynamic library itself.
+ return os.path.join(self.get_target_dir(target), target.get_import_filename())
+
def get_target_dir(self, target):
if self.environment.coredata.get_builtin_option('layout') == 'mirror':
dirname = target.get_subdir()
@@ -265,11 +273,7 @@ class Backend():
if not isinstance(d, build.StaticLibrary) and\
not isinstance(d, build.SharedLibrary):
raise RuntimeError('Tried to link with a non-library target "%s".' % d.get_basename())
- fname = self.get_target_filename(d)
- if compiler.id == 'msvc':
- if fname.endswith('dll'):
- fname = fname[:-3] + 'lib'
- args.append(fname)
+ args.append(self.get_target_filename_for_linking(d))
# If you have executable e that links to shared lib s1 that links to shared library s2
# you have to specify s2 as well as s1 when linking e even if e does not directly use
# s2. Gcc handles this case fine but Clang does not for some reason. Thus we need to