Rollup merge of #146784 - dpaoliello:findmsvc, r=wesleywiser

[win] Use find-msvc-tools instead of cc to find the linker and rc on Windows

`find-msvc-tools` was factored out from `cc` to allow updating the use in `rustc_codegen_ssa` (finding the linker when running the Rust compiler) and `rustc_windows_rc` (finding the Windows Resource Compiler when running the Rust compiler) to be separate from the use in `rustc_llvm` (building LLVM as part of building the Rust compiler).

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml
index 5462163f4ff..9c5a3d839ce 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 ar_archive_writer = "0.5"
 bitflags = "2.4.1"
 bstr = "1.11.3"
-# `cc` updates often break things, so we pin it here. Cargo enforces "max 1 semver-compat version
-# per crate", so if you change this, you need to also change it in `rustc_llvm` and `rustc_windows_rc`.
-cc = "=1.2.16"
+find-msvc-tools = "0.1.2"
 itertools = "0.12"
 pathdiff = "0.2.0"
 regex = "1.4"
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
index 327f001e1c8..d6c304c1b14 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{Output, Stdio};
 use std::{env, fmt, fs, io, mem, str};
 
-use cc::windows_registry;
+use find_msvc_tools;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use regex::Regex;
 use rustc_arena::TypedArena;
@@ -877,9 +877,9 @@ fn link_natively(
                     // All Microsoft `link.exe` linking ror codes are
                     // four digit numbers in the range 1000 to 9999 inclusive
                     if is_msvc_link_exe && (code < 1000 || code > 9999) {
-                        let is_vs_installed = windows_registry::find_vs_version().is_ok();
+                        let is_vs_installed = find_msvc_tools::find_vs_version().is_ok();
                         let has_linker =
-                            windows_registry::find_tool(&sess.target.arch, "link.exe").is_some();
+                            find_msvc_tools::find_tool(&sess.target.arch, "link.exe").is_some();
 
                         sess.dcx().emit_note(errors::LinkExeUnexpectedError);
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs
index b90be2faa08..624ab1b5084 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::{env, io, iter, mem, str};
 
-use cc::windows_registry;
+use find_msvc_tools;
 use rustc_hir::def_id::{CrateNum, LOCAL_CRATE};
 use rustc_metadata::{
     find_native_static_library, try_find_native_dynamic_library, try_find_native_static_library,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub(crate) fn get_linker<'a>(
     self_contained: bool,
     target_cpu: &'a str,
 ) -> Box<dyn Linker + 'a> {
-    let msvc_tool = windows_registry::find_tool(&sess.target.arch, "link.exe");
+    let msvc_tool = find_msvc_tools::find_tool(&sess.target.arch, "link.exe");
 
     // If our linker looks like a batch script on Windows then to execute this
     // we'll need to spawn `cmd` explicitly. This is primarily done to handle
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ pub(crate) fn get_linker<'a>(
     if sess.target.is_like_msvc
         && let Some(ref tool) = msvc_tool
     {
-        cmd.args(tool.args());
         for (k, v) in tool.env() {
             if k == "PATH" {
                 new_path.extend(env::split_paths(v));