Only split linker args with D compilers. Closes: #6845

mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py

@@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ class CompilerArgs(collections.abc.MutableSequence):
             return True
         return False
 
+    def need_to_split_linker_args(self):
+        return isinstance(self.compiler, Compiler) and self.compiler.get_language() == 'd'
+
     def to_native(self, copy: bool = False) -> T.List[str]:
         # Check if we need to add --start/end-group for circular dependencies
         # between static libraries, and for recursively searching for symbols
@@ -577,6 +580,10 @@ class CompilerArgs(collections.abc.MutableSequence):
             new = self.copy()
         else:
             new = self
+        # To proxy these arguments with D you need to split the
+        # arguments, thus you get `-L=-soname -L=lib.so` we don't
+        # want to put the lib in a link -roup
+        split_linker_args = self.need_to_split_linker_args()
         # This covers all ld.bfd, ld.gold, ld.gold, and xild on Linux, which
         # all act like (or are) gnu ld
         # TODO: this could probably be added to the DynamicLinker instead
@@ -590,10 +597,7 @@ class CompilerArgs(collections.abc.MutableSequence):
                 if is_soname:
                     is_soname = False
                     continue
-                elif '-soname' in each:
-                    # To proxy these arguments with D you need to split the
-                    # arguments, thus you get `-L=-soname -L=lib.so` we don't
-                    # want to put the lib in a link -roup
+                elif split_linker_args and '-soname' in each:
                     is_soname = True
                     continue
                 if not each.startswith(('-Wl,-l', '-l')) and not each.endswith('.a') and \