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Recognize clang targeting Windows as "MinGW like"#2020

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@fmeum fmeum commented Feb 24, 2026

This is necessary to get abseil to build with https://github.com/cerisier/toolchains_llvm_bootstrapped. The old mappings for MinGW are arguably not semantically correct as MinGW is the runtime/sysroot, not the compiler, but are left in place for backwards compatibility.

This is necessary to get abseil to build with https://github.com/cerisier/toolchains_llvm_bootstrapped. The old mappings for MinGW are arguably not semantically correct as MinGW is the runtime/sysroot, not the compiler, but are left in place for backwards compatibility.
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fmeum commented Feb 24, 2026

FYI @meteorcloudy

match_any = [
":mingw_unspecified_compiler",
":mingw-gcc_compiler",
":windows-clang",
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The seems to be a hack. In some cases hacks are fine, but there is no comment or any trace for a future reader that explains why this strange line is appearing here. Can you explain precisely what the problem is? Would renaming this group make it more clear what its purpose is?

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