Can define custom linker flags.

backends.py

@@ -1008,6 +1008,7 @@ class NinjaBackend(Backend):
             commands += dep.get_link_flags()
         dependencies = target.get_dependencies()
         commands += self.build_target_link_arguments(linker, dependencies)
+        commands += target.link_flags
         commands += linker.build_rpath_args(self.environment.get_build_dir(), target.get_rpaths())
         if self.environment.coredata.coverage:
             commands += linker.get_coverage_link_flags()

build.py

@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ class BuildTarget():
         if not isinstance(cpplist, list):
             cpplist = [cpplist]
         self.add_compiler_args('cpp', cpplist)
+        self.link_flags = kwargs.get('link_flags', [])
+        if not isinstance(self.link_flags, list):
+            self.link_flags = [self.link_flags]
+        for i in self.link_flags:
+            if not isinstance(i, str):
+                raise InvalidArguments('Link_flags arguments must be strings.')
         if 'version' in kwargs:
             self.set_version(kwargs['version'])
         if 'soversion' in kwargs:

test cases/linuxlike/3 linker script/bob.c

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include"bob.h"
+
+int hiddenFunction() {
+    return 42;
+}
+
+int bobMcBob() {
+    return hiddenFunction();
+}

test cases/linuxlike/3 linker script/bob.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef BOB_H_
+#define BOB_H_
+
+int bobMcBob();
+
+#endif

test cases/linuxlike/3 linker script/bob.map

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+V1_0_0 {
+  global:
+    "bobMcBob";
+  local:
+    *;
+};

test cases/linuxlike/3 linker script/meson.build

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+project('linker script', 'c')
+
+vflag = '-Wl,--version-script,@0@/bob.map'.format('/home/jpakkane/workspace/meson/test cases/linuxlike/3 linker script')
+
+l = shared_library('bob', 'bob.c', link_flags : vflag)
+e = executable('prog', 'prog.c', link_with : l)
+test('core', e)

test cases/linuxlike/3 linker script/prog.c

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include"bob.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    return bobMcBob() != 42;
+}