alvinhochun added inline comments.

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Comment at: lldb/test/Shell/Target/dependent-modules-nodupe-windows.test:7
+# RUN: %clang_host -g0 -O0 -shared %S/Inputs/shlib.c -o %t.shlib.dll
+# RUN: %clang_host -g0 -O0 %S/Inputs/main.c %t.shlib.dll -o %t.main.exe
+# RUN: %lldb -b -o "#before" -o "target modules list" -o "b main" -o run \
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mstorsjo wrote:
> mstorsjo wrote:
> > Unfortunately, this aspect of the test doesn't work as is on Windows.
> > 
> > By default (in msvc builds), clang invokes link.exe here, but link.exe 
> > can't take `%t.shlib.dll` as input file to the linker, as it requires an 
> > import library.
> > 
> > If we would assume that lld is available, we could run the linking command 
> > with `-fuse-ld=lld` - however that on its own isn't enough, as lld only 
> > allows linking against DLLs when run with the `-lldmingw` flag. We can add 
> > `-fuse-ld=lld -Wl,-lldmingw` here to fix that, but that would break testing 
> > in mingw environments, as `-lldmingw` isn't a valid option on the mingw lld 
> > driver.
> > 
> > Likewise, we could create a proper import library by adding 
> > `-Wl,-implib:%t.shlib.lib` on the first command above, but that doesn't 
> > work in mingw mode either, as it would have to be 
> > `-Wl,--out-implib=%t.shlib.lib` instead.
> > 
> > In practice, running the lldb tests in mingw mode is not entirely 
> > supported, while they do pass cleanly in MSVC mode (and there's a buildbot 
> > testing this configuration) - but I would like to work towards making 
> > things work better in the mingw configuration too.
> > 
> > There's a different substitution, `%build`, which invokes the 
> > `lldb/test/Shell/helpers/build.py` script, which abstracts a bunch of 
> > boilerplate details mostly relevant for windows targets (like creating PDB 
> > debug info files); the easiest at this point would probably be to extend 
> > that script with options for creating import libraries.
> > 
> > For testing with mingw, I'm currently using this out of tree patch for that 
> > script too:
> > ```
> > diff --git a/lldb/test/Shell/helper/build.py 
> > b/lldb/test/Shell/helper/build.py
> > index 96684b7b3e66..f138b00bee9e 100755
> > --- a/lldb/test/Shell/helper/build.py
> > +++ b/lldb/test/Shell/helper/build.py
> > @@ -191,7 +191,10 @@ def find_toolchain(compiler, tools_dir):
> >      if compiler == 'any':
> >          priorities = []
> >          if sys.platform == 'win32':
> > -            priorities = ['clang-cl', 'msvc', 'clang', 'gcc']
> > +            if 'gcc' in sys.version.lower():
> > +                priorities = ['clang', 'gcc', 'clang-cl', 'msvc']
> > +            else:
> > +                priorities = ['clang-cl', 'msvc', 'clang', 'gcc']
> >          else:
> >              priorities = ['clang', 'gcc', 'clang-cl']
> >          for toolchain in priorities:
> > ```
> > (This is a bit hacky, since it uses the build type of the python 
> > interpreter to switch the preference between clang-cl and clang.)
> > 
> > Alternatively, we could maybe add a separate substitution that expands into 
> > either `-implib:` or `--out-implib=`, but I'm not sure if we can guess 
> > which one will be the right one either, while the build.py helper script 
> > probably can do better.
> I forgot to mention; see https://reviews.llvm.org/D129455 for some earlier 
> discussion about other aspects (symbol table vs dwarf vs PDB) for windows 
> testcases in lldb.
Re different options on msvc vs mingw, how about using the `%if` substitution 
(https://www.llvm.org/docs/TestingGuide.html)? We can use it to check for the 
`windows-msvc` feature to apply options conditionally.


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