Add IL compat flag to Windows builds

Enabled by default; use `--disable-vs-link-compat` to disable.

Closes GH-6658.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/win32/build/confutils.js b/win32/build/confutils.js
index 19fbd52aa9..38a5fb75aa 100644
--- a/win32/build/confutils.js
+++ b/win32/build/confutils.js
@@ -3404,6 +3404,12 @@ function toolset_setup_common_ldlags()
 				ADD_FLAG('LDFLAGS', "/GUARD:CF");
 			}
 		}
+		if (PHP_VS_LINK_COMPAT != "no") {
+			// Allow compatible IL versions, do not require an exact match.
+			// Prevents build failures where different libs were built with different (but compatible) IL versions.
+			// See fatal error C1047.
+			ADD_FLAG("LDFLAGS", "/d2:-AllowCompatibleILVersions ");
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3753,3 +3759,9 @@ function setup_verbosity()
 		CMD_MOD2 = "@";
 	}
 }
+
+try {
+	ARG_ENABLE('vs-link-compat', 'Allow linking of libraries built with compatible versions of VS toolset', 'yes');
+} catch (e) {
+	STDOUT.WriteLine("problem: " + e);
+}