Use links() for checking if -latomic is necessary

Use the links() method instead of compiles() for checking whether
-latomic needs to be added to linker invocations as compiles() does not
perform the linking step and is therefore not appropriate for carrying
out this kind of checks.

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 49989944df9eba6cf1523ad14b8d26835cde6a01..8568197ee17736b55948575c35000063b39e5907 100644 (file)
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -383,9 +383,9 @@ int main(void) {
 '''
 
 # meson_version (>=1.7.0) : new custom dependency for atomic
-if not cc.compiles(atomic_test, name: 'usage of atomics without -latomic')
+if not cc.links(atomic_test, name: 'usage of atomics without -latomic')
     atomic_dep = declare_dependency(link_args: '-latomic')
-    if not cc.compiles(
+    if not cc.links(
         atomic_test,
         dependencies: atomic_dep,
         name: 'usage of atomics with -latomic',