Link step: use linker dependency linker file

Based on work done by @ben.boeckel (!8051)

Fixes: #22217

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmDependsCompiler.cxx b/Source/cmDependsCompiler.cxx
index 0cc4946e48..c8061c36ee 100644
--- a/Source/cmDependsCompiler.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmDependsCompiler.cxx
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ bool cmDependsCompiler::CheckDependencies(
           }
 
           std::string line;
-          if (!isValidPath) {
+          if (!isValidPath && !source.empty()) {
             // insert source as first dependency
             depends.push_back(source);
           }
@@ -158,14 +158,16 @@ bool cmDependsCompiler::CheckDependencies(
           }
 
           // ensure source file is the first dependency
-          if (depends.front() != source) {
-            cm::erase(depends, source);
-            if (!isValidPath) {
-              depends.insert(depends.begin(), source);
+          if (!source.empty()) {
+            if (depends.front() != source) {
+              cm::erase(depends, source);
+              if (!isValidPath) {
+                depends.insert(depends.begin(), source);
+              }
+            } else if (isValidPath) {
+              // remove first dependency because it must not be filtered out
+              depends.erase(depends.begin());
             }
-          } else if (isValidPath) {
-            // remove first dependency because it must not be filtered out
-            depends.erase(depends.begin());
           }
         } else {
           // unknown format, ignore it
@@ -174,8 +176,10 @@ bool cmDependsCompiler::CheckDependencies(
 
         if (isValidPath) {
           cm::erase_if(depends, isValidPath);
-          // insert source as first dependency
-          depends.insert(depends.begin(), source);
+          if (!source.empty()) {
+            // insert source as first dependency
+            depends.insert(depends.begin(), source);
+          }
         }
 
         dependencies[target] = std::move(depends);