build: first pass on geting stage3 building under x64_64-windows-msvc

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index e365d1dab2..eeecf58751 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -3297,8 +3297,8 @@ fn processOneJob(comp: *Compilation, job: Job) !void {
                 // TODO Surface more error details.
                 comp.lockAndSetMiscFailure(
                     .windows_import_lib,
-                    "unable to generate DLL import .lib file: {s}",
-                    .{@errorName(err)},
+                    "unable to generate DLL import .lib file for {s}: {s}",
+                    .{link_lib, @errorName(err)},
                 );
             };
         },
diff --git a/src/link/Coff/lld.zig b/src/link/Coff/lld.zig
index 46b0130542..dfa56527bf 100644
--- a/src/link/Coff/lld.zig
+++ b/src/link/Coff/lld.zig
@@ -486,6 +486,12 @@ pub fn linkWithLLD(self: *Coff, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Nod
                     continue;
                 }
             }
+            if (target.abi == .msvc) { // TODO: Do this at the top, if we detect we're using the native libc?
+                log.warn("adding system lib {s}", .{ lib_basename  });
+                argv.appendAssumeCapacity(lib_basename);
+                continue;
+            }
+
             log.err("DLL import library for -l{s} not found", .{key});
             return error.DllImportLibraryNotFound;
         }