cuda: disable thin archives when 'cuda' is enabled globally

Bug: mesonbuild/pull/9453
Bug: mesonbuild/issues/9479#issuecomment-953485040

mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py

@@ -3255,7 +3255,8 @@ def get_target_type_link_args(self, target, linker):
             if target.import_filename:
                 commands += linker.gen_import_library_args(self.get_import_filename(target))
         elif isinstance(target, build.StaticLibrary):
-            commands += linker.get_std_link_args(self.environment, not target.should_install())
+            produce_thin_archive = build.StaticLibrary.allow_thin_archives and not target.should_install()
+            commands += linker.get_std_link_args(self.environment, produce_thin_archive)
         else:
             raise RuntimeError('Unknown build target type.')
         return commands

mesonbuild/build.py

@@ -2077,6 +2077,7 @@ class StaticLibrary(BuildTarget):
     known_kwargs = known_stlib_kwargs
 
     typename = 'static library'
+    allow_thin_archives = True
 
     def __init__(
             self,
@@ -2091,6 +2092,15 @@ def __init__(
             compilers: T.Dict[str, 'Compiler'],
             kwargs):
         self.prelink = T.cast('bool', kwargs.get('prelink', False))
+        if StaticLibrary.allow_thin_archives and 'cuda' in environment.coredata.compilers[for_machine]:
+            # nvcc chokes on thin archives:
+            #   nvlink fatal   : Could not open input file 'libfoo.a.p'
+            #   nvlink fatal   : elfLink internal error
+            # hence we disable them if 'cuda' is enabled globally. See also
+            # - https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/9453
+            # - https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/9479#issuecomment-953485040
+            mlog.debug('cuda enabled globally, disabling thin archives, since nvcc/nvlink cannot handle thin archives natively')
+            StaticLibrary.allow_thin_archives = False
         super().__init__(name, subdir, subproject, for_machine, sources, structured_sources, objects,
                          environment, compilers, kwargs)