MsvcLinker: allow linking statically to Meson and MinGW-style named libraries

See #122455

Author: amyspark

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs

@@ -830,11 +830,17 @@ impl<'a> Linker for MsvcLinker<'a> {
         name: &str,
         verbatim: bool,
         whole_archive: bool,
-        _search_paths: &SearchPaths,
+        search_paths: &SearchPaths,
     ) {
+        // Static libraries built by MSVC are usually called foo.lib.
+        // However, under MinGW and build systems such as Meson, they are
+        // called libfoo.a
         let prefix = if whole_archive { "/WHOLEARCHIVE:" } else { "" };
-        let suffix = if verbatim { "" } else { ".lib" };
-        self.cmd.arg(format!("{prefix}{name}{suffix}"));
+        let search_paths = search_paths.get(self.sess);
+        let path = find_native_static_library(name, verbatim, search_paths, self.sess);
+        let mut arg = OsString::from(prefix);
+        arg.push(path);
+        self.cmd.arg(arg);
     }
 
     fn link_staticlib_by_path(&mut self, path: &Path, whole_archive: bool) {