[win] Use find-msvc-tools instead of cc to find the linker and rc on Windows

Author: dpaoliello

Cargo.lock

@@ -1331,6 +1331,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "find-msvc-tools"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ced73b1dacfc750a6db6c0a0c3a3853c8b41997e2e2c563dc90804ae6867959"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -3549,7 +3555,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ar_archive_writer",
  "bitflags",
  "bstr",
- "cc",
+ "find-msvc-tools",
  "itertools",
  "libc",
  "object 0.37.3",
@@ -4753,7 +4759,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "rustc_windows_rc"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "cc",
+ "find-msvc-tools",
 ]
 
 [[package]]

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml

@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 ar_archive_writer = "0.5"
 bitflags = "2.4.1"
 bstr = "1.11.3"
-# `cc` updates often break things, so we pin it here. Cargo enforces "max 1 semver-compat version
-# per crate", so if you change this, you need to also change it in `rustc_llvm` and `rustc_windows_rc`.
-cc = "=1.2.16"
+find-msvc-tools = "0.1.2"
 itertools = "0.12"
 pathdiff = "0.2.0"
 regex = "1.4"

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{Output, Stdio};
 use std::{env, fmt, fs, io, mem, str};
 
-use cc::windows_registry;
+use find_msvc_tools;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use regex::Regex;
 use rustc_arena::TypedArena;
@@ -877,9 +877,9 @@ fn link_natively(
                     // All Microsoft `link.exe` linking ror codes are
                     // four digit numbers in the range 1000 to 9999 inclusive
                     if is_msvc_link_exe && (code < 1000 || code > 9999) {
-                        let is_vs_installed = windows_registry::find_vs_version().is_ok();
+                        let is_vs_installed = find_msvc_tools::find_vs_version().is_ok();
                         let has_linker =
-                            windows_registry::find_tool(&sess.target.arch, "link.exe").is_some();
+                            find_msvc_tools::find_tool(&sess.target.arch, "link.exe").is_some();
 
                         sess.dcx().emit_note(errors::LinkExeUnexpectedError);
 

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::{env, io, iter, mem, str};
 
-use cc::windows_registry;
+use find_msvc_tools;
 use rustc_hir::def_id::{CrateNum, LOCAL_CRATE};
 use rustc_metadata::{
     find_native_static_library, try_find_native_dynamic_library, try_find_native_static_library,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub(crate) fn get_linker<'a>(
     self_contained: bool,
     target_cpu: &'a str,
 ) -> Box<dyn Linker + 'a> {
-    let msvc_tool = windows_registry::find_tool(&sess.target.arch, "link.exe");
+    let msvc_tool = find_msvc_tools::find_tool(&sess.target.arch, "link.exe");
 
     // If our linker looks like a batch script on Windows then to execute this
     // we'll need to spawn `cmd` explicitly. This is primarily done to handle
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ pub(crate) fn get_linker<'a>(
     if sess.target.is_like_msvc
         && let Some(ref tool) = msvc_tool
     {
-        cmd.args(tool.args());
         for (k, v) in tool.env() {
             if k == "PATH" {
                 new_path.extend(env::split_paths(v));

compiler/rustc_llvm/Cargo.toml

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ libc = "0.2.73"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 # tidy-alphabetical-start
-# `cc` updates often break things, so we pin it here. Cargo enforces "max 1 semver-compat version
-# per crate", so if you change this, you need to also change it in `rustc_codegen_ssa` and `rustc_windows_rc`.
+# `cc` updates often break things, so we pin it here.
 cc = "=1.2.16"
 # tidy-alphabetical-end
 

compiler/rustc_windows_rc/Cargo.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,5 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 #tidy-alphabetical-start
-# `cc` updates often break things, so we pin it here. Cargo enforces "max 1 semver-compat version
-# per crate", so if you change this, you need to also change it in `rustc_llvm` and `rustc_codegen_ssa`.
-cc = "=1.2.16"
+find-msvc-tools = "0.1.2"
 #tidy-alphabetical-end

compiler/rustc_windows_rc/src/lib.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //! Uses values from the `CFG_VERSION` and `CFG_RELEASE` environment variables
 //! to set the product and file version information in the Windows resource file.
-use std::{env, ffi, fs, path, process};
-
-use cc::windows_registry;
+use std::{env, fs, path, process};
 
 /// The template for the Windows resource file.
 const RESOURCE_TEMPLATE: &str = include_str!("../rustc.rc.in");
@@ -36,15 +34,16 @@ pub fn compile_windows_resource_file(
     fs::create_dir_all(&resources_dir).unwrap();
 
     let resource_compiler =
-        find_resource_compiler(&env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").unwrap()).expect("found rc.exe");
+        find_msvc_tools::find_tool(&env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").unwrap(), "rc.exe")
+            .expect("found rc.exe");
 
     let rc_path = resources_dir.join(file_stem.with_extension("rc"));
 
     write_resource_script_file(&rc_path, file_description, filetype);
 
     let res_path = resources_dir.join(file_stem.with_extension("res"));
 
-    let status = process::Command::new(resource_compiler)
+    let status = process::Command::new(resource_compiler.path())
         .arg("/fo")
         .arg(&res_path)
         .arg(&rc_path)
@@ -131,28 +130,3 @@ fn parse_version(version: &str) -> Option<ResourceVersion> {
         Some(ResourceVersion { major, minor, patch, build: 0 })
     }
 }
-
-/// Find the Windows SDK resource compiler `rc.exe` for the given architecture or target triple.
-/// Returns `None` if the tool could not be found.
-fn find_resource_compiler(arch_or_target: &str) -> Option<path::PathBuf> {
-    find_windows_sdk_tool(arch_or_target, "rc.exe")
-}
-
-/// Find a Windows SDK tool for the given architecture or target triple.
-/// Returns `None` if the tool could not be found.
-fn find_windows_sdk_tool(arch_or_target: &str, tool_name: &str) -> Option<path::PathBuf> {
-    // windows_registry::find_tool can only find MSVC tools, not Windows SDK tools, but
-    // cc does include the Windows SDK tools in the PATH environment of MSVC tools.
-
-    let msvc_linker = windows_registry::find_tool(arch_or_target, "link.exe")?;
-    let path = &msvc_linker.env().iter().find(|(k, _)| k == "PATH")?.1;
-    find_tool_in_path(tool_name, path)
-}
-
-/// Find a tool in the directories in a given PATH-like string.
-fn find_tool_in_path<P: AsRef<ffi::OsStr>>(tool_name: &str, path: P) -> Option<path::PathBuf> {
-    env::split_paths(path.as_ref()).find_map(|p| {
-        let tool_path = p.join(tool_name);
-        if tool_path.try_exists().unwrap_or(false) { Some(tool_path) } else { None }
-    })
-}

src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs

@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ const PERMITTED_RUSTC_DEPENDENCIES: &[&str] = &[
     "expect-test",
     "fallible-iterator", // dependency of `thorin`
     "fastrand",
+    "find-msvc-tools",
     "flate2",
     "fluent-bundle",
     "fluent-langneg",