extract_all_objects() with custom target results in invalid paths for subproject with Visual Studio backend

[Myaamori]

Describe the bug

I have a build script where the input to one target is the output of extract_all_objects(), with some of the original object files being the output of a custom target (generator):

nasm = find_program('nasm')
asm_sources = ['my_test.asm']
asm_gen = generator(nasm,
                    output: '@[email protected]',
                    arguments: ['-f', 'win64', '@INPUT@', '-o', '@OUTPUT@'])
gen_objects = asm_gen.process(asm_sources)

static_lib = static_library('my_subproject-static', ['my_subproject.c', gen_objects])

lib = library('my_subproject', objects: static_lib.extract_all_objects())

When generating a Visual Studio solution with this project as a subproject on Windows, the paths to the object files generated by the generator are incorrect:

        <ItemGroup>
                <Object Include="subprojects\my_subproject\c490a2a@@my_subproject-static@sta\my_test.o"/>
                <Object Include="..\..\subprojects\my_subproject\c490a2a@@my_subproject-static@sta\my_subproject.c.obj"/>
        </ItemGroup>

To Reproduce

A minimal working example can be found here.

Generate the solution using

meson build --backend=vs2019

and inspect build/subprojects/my_subproject/[HASH]@@[email protected].

nasm must be available.

Expected behavior

The paths should look like

        <ItemGroup>
                <Object Include="..\..\subprojects\my_subproject\c490a2a@@my_subproject-static@sta\my_test.o"/>
                <Object Include="..\..\subprojects\my_subproject\c490a2a@@my_subproject-static@sta\my_subproject.c.obj"/>
        </ItemGroup>

system parameters

• Native build
• Windows 10
• Python 3.8.6
• Meson 0.56.0

[jmoguillansky-gpsw]

I have a similar issue:
I have various custom_targets defined.
None of the custom_targets work on windows with visual studio backend.

[tristan957]

@Myaamori fyi Meson now supports NASM. cc @xclaesse

[arch1t3cht]

This also happens with targets generated by windows.compile_resources() (which uses a CustomTarget internally).