From d9177a594bc2846b03a43b8d00949d23ab0d91c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ebrahim Byagowi <ebrahim@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 19:34:56 +0430
Subject: [PATCH] [meson] Use a c linker for on Windows also

Using a C linker was limited to non-Windows as 20a840c7, let's
revisit this while transition to meson.

Packagers easily override that via the option and use a C++ linker
if needed.
---
 src/meson.build | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index b150d66ba..5c8b780d2 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -364,12 +364,9 @@ if have_icu and have_icu_builtin
   deps += [icu_dep]
 endif
 
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows' or get_option('with_libstdcxx')
+if not get_option('with_libstdcxx')
   chosen_linker = 'cpp'
 else
-  # our autotools port was limiting this to HAVE_GCC as https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/commit/e784632
-  # let's see if that is needed anymore
-
   # Use a C linker, not C++; Don't link to libstdc++
   chosen_linker = 'c'
 endif