Make sure qcc handles response files properly for linking

Task-number: QBS-1143
Change-Id: I588412c269222419cecc3394f4588a4269eb3a52
Reviewed-by: Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io>

2 files changed, 50 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/share/qbs/modules/cpp/gcc.js b/share/qbs/modules/cpp/gcc.js
index 387b3daca..78b534298 100644
--- a/share/qbs/modules/cpp/gcc.js
+++ b/share/qbs/modules/cpp/gcc.js
@@ -942,11 +942,24 @@ function prepareLinker(project, product, inputs, outputs, input, output) {
         args = wrapperArgs.concat(args);
     }
 
+    var responseFileArgumentIndex = wrapperArgsLength;
+
+    // qcc doesn't properly handle response files, so we have to do it manually
+    var useQnxResponseFileHack = product.qbs.toolchain.contains("qcc")
+            && useCompilerDriverLinker(product, inputs);
+    if (useQnxResponseFileHack) {
+        // qcc needs to see at least one object/library file to think it has something to do,
+        // so start the response file at the second object file (so, 3 after the last -o option)
+        var idx = args.lastIndexOf("-o");
+        if (idx !== -1 && idx + 3 < args.length)
+            responseFileArgumentIndex += idx + 3;
+    }
+
     cmd = new Command(linkerPath, args);
     cmd.description = 'linking ' + primaryOutput.fileName;
     cmd.highlight = 'linker';
-    cmd.responseFileArgumentIndex = wrapperArgsLength;
-    cmd.responseFileUsagePrefix = '@';
+    cmd.responseFileArgumentIndex = responseFileArgumentIndex;
+    cmd.responseFileUsagePrefix = useQnxResponseFileHack ? "-Wl,@" : "@";
     commands.push(cmd);
 
     var debugInfo = outputs.debuginfo_app || outputs.debuginfo_dll
diff --git a/tests/auto/blackbox/testdata/response-files/response-files.qbs b/tests/auto/blackbox/testdata/response-files/response-files.qbs
index 7913287e1..2979fcdfd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/blackbox/testdata/response-files/response-files.qbs
+++ b/tests/auto/blackbox/testdata/response-files/response-files.qbs
@@ -34,4 +34,39 @@ Project {
             }
         }
     }
+    Product {
+        name: "lotsofobjects"
+        type: ["dynamiclibrary"]
+        Depends { name: "cpp" }
+        Rule {
+            multiplex: true
+            outputFileTags: ["cpp"]
+            outputArtifacts: {
+                var artifacts = [];
+                for (var i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)
+                    artifacts.push({filePath: "source-" + i + ".cpp", fileTags: ["cpp"]});
+                return artifacts;
+            }
+            prepare: {
+                var cmd = new JavaScriptCommand();
+                cmd.description = "generating " + outputs["cpp"].length + " dummy source files";
+                cmd.outputFilePaths = outputs["cpp"].map(function (a) {
+                    return a.filePath;
+                });
+                cmd.sourceCode = function () {
+                    var index = 0;
+                    outputFilePaths.map(function (fp) {
+                        var tf = new TextFile(fp, TextFile.WriteOnly);
+                        try {
+                            tf.writeLine("extern int foo" + index + "() { return 0; }");
+                            ++index;
+                        } finally {
+                            tf.close();
+                        }
+                    });
+                };
+                return [cmd];
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }