Use link.exe instead of cl.exe to link executables

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/build2/cxx/module.cxx b/build2/cxx/module.cxx
index caeea9b..a4afe44 100644
--- a/build2/cxx/module.cxx
+++ b/build2/cxx/module.cxx
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ namespace build2
         }
       }
 
+      const string& cid (cast<string> (r["cxx.id"]));
       const string& tsys (cast<string> (r["cxx.target.system"]));
       const string& tclass (cast<string> (r["cxx.target.class"]));
 
@@ -277,6 +278,14 @@ namespace build2
             info << "cxx.target is " << ct;
       }
 
+      // In the VC world you link things directly with link.exe.
+      //
+      if (cid == "msvc")
+      {
+        if (!cast_false<bool> (b["bin.ld.loaded"]))
+          load_module ("bin.ld", r, b, loc, false, bin_hints);
+      }
+
       // If our target is MinGW, then we will need the resource compiler
       // (windres) in order to embed the manifest.
       //