From cfec255027ca7c928defcc665a12e91b439c7c3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aditya Vidyadhar Kamath <Aditya.Kamath1@ibm.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2023 23:02:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix traceback on AIX in shlib archiving code

A compiler may not have a linker:
```
'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_command_to_archive_shlib'
```
---
 mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
index fb399b114..a7bb6c417 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
@@ -962,6 +962,8 @@ class Compiler(HoldableObject, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         return self.linker.get_archive_name(filename)
 
     def get_command_to_archive_shlib(self) -> T.List[str]:
+        if not self.linker:
+            return []
         return self.linker.get_command_to_archive_shlib()
 
     def thread_flags(self, env: 'Environment') -> T.List[str]: