`rustc --test` ignores `static:-whole-archive` link modifiers

[dcsommer]

I am attempting to use the (now stabilized) RFC 2951 syntax to control how my test binary is compiled. I have created a repro at https://github.com/dcsommer/rustc-linking

git clone https://github.com/dcsommer/rustc-linking.git
cd rustc-linking
./run.sh

In run.sh, I tell rustc to link 2 static libraries, one with (+whole-archive) and one without (-whole-archive). I add a nonsense link argument so I can inspect the produced link line.

I expect to see libbar.a linked without whole archive.

Instead, I see both foo and bar libraries linked with --whole-archive:

-l static:+whole-archive=foo -l static:-whole-archive=bar
# linker line yields ...
"-Wl,-Bstatic" "-Wl,--whole-archive" "-lfoo" "-Wl,--no-whole-archive" "-Wl,--whole-archive" "-lbar" "-Wl,--no-whole-archive"

This may be related to the default +bundle documented here. When I use nightly and specify -bundle it works as expected:

-l static:+whole-archive,-bundle=foo -l static:-whole-archive,-bundle=bar
# linker line yields ...
"-Wl,-Bstatic" "-Wl,--whole-archive" "-lfoo" "-Wl,--no-whole-archive" "-lbar"

However, I cannot use the nightly toolchain, so I cannot use -bundle, and +bundle seems inappropriate for a final binary crate types like cdylib, staticlib, and executables anyway.

Tested with 1.62.1 stable and 1.64 nightly.

Possibly related issues: #99429, #73632

[petrochenkov]

This is a bug introduced in #95606.
The backward compatibility condition should look like whole_archive == None && bundle != Some(false) && sess.opts.test and not bundle != Some(false) && sess.opts.test.

[petrochenkov]

@dcsommer
Could you submit a PR with this fix?
(We can backport it to beta if it's done in time.)

[dcsommer]

@petrochenkov Sure, I'll create a PR. I'm not sure what tests to include, however. I had been looking at that exact code and almost submitted a PR earlier, but I wasn't sure about the whole context of that code and all the compatibility needs.

[petrochenkov]

You can try adding a test case with --test to src\test\run-make\native-link-modifier-whole-archive\Makefile.
One with --test and -whole-archive, and another with --test and without any whole-archive (the compatibility case).