document AutotoolsDeps Windows msvc LINK env fix#4495
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| accumulate all dependencies information, including transitive dependencies, with flags like ``-I<path>``, ``-L<path>``, etc. | ||
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| On Windows with ``msvc``, ``AutotoolsDeps`` now emits linker flags in ``LINK`` rather than ``LDFLAGS`` so the Autotools wrapper can process the flags correctly. |
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| On Windows with ``msvc``, ``AutotoolsDeps`` now emits linker flags in ``LINK`` rather than ``LDFLAGS`` so the Autotools wrapper can process the flags correctly. | |
| On Windows with ``msvc``, ``AutotoolsDeps`` now emits linker flags in ``_LINK_`` rather than ``LDFLAGS`` so the Autotools wrapper skips them, and they are directly loaded by the ``cl`` compiler executable. |
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Document AutotoolsDeps Windows msvc LINK env fix.
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