Adding a new AR Linker Class for the ARM Compiler. (#3949)

mesonbuild/environment.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import configparser, os, platform, re, shlex, shutil, subprocess
 
 from . import coredata
-from .linkers import ArLinker, VisualStudioLinker
+from .linkers import ArLinker, ArmarLinker, VisualStudioLinker
 from . import mesonlib
 from .mesonlib import EnvironmentException, Popen_safe
 from . import mlog
@@ -885,6 +885,8 @@ This is probably wrong, it should always point to the native compiler.''' % evar
                 continue
             if '/OUT:' in out or '/OUT:' in err:
                 return VisualStudioLinker(linker)
+            if p.returncode == 0 and ('armar' in linker or 'armar.exe' in linker):
+                return ArmarLinker(linker)
             if p.returncode == 0:
                 return ArLinker(linker)
             if p.returncode == 1 and err.startswith('usage'): # OSX

mesonbuild/linkers.py

@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ class ArLinker(StaticLinker):
             self.std_args = ['csrD']
         else:
             self.std_args = ['csr']
-        # For 'armar' the options should be prefixed with '-'.
-        if 'armar' in stdo:
-            self.std_args = ['-csr']
 
     def can_linker_accept_rsp(self):
         return mesonlib.is_windows()
@@ -129,3 +126,14 @@ class ArLinker(StaticLinker):
 
     def get_link_debugfile_args(self, targetfile):
         return []
+
+class ArmarLinker(ArLinker):
+
+    def __init__(self, exelist):
+        self.exelist = exelist
+        self.id = 'armar'
+        self.std_args = ['-csr']
+
+    def can_linker_accept_rsp(self):
+        # armar cann't accept arguments using the @rsp syntax
+        return False