Support deleting static library archives also on Windows

Fixes #9414

mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py

@@ -74,12 +74,8 @@ def cmd_quote(arg: str) -> str:
 # (see https://ninja-build.org/manual.html#ref_rule_command)
 if mesonlib.is_windows():
     quote_func = cmd_quote
-    execute_wrapper = ['cmd', '/c']  # unused
-    rmfile_prefix = ['del', '/f', '/s', '/q', '{}', '&&']
 else:
     quote_func = quote_arg
-    execute_wrapper = []
-    rmfile_prefix = ['rm', '-f', '{}', '&&']
 
 def gcc_rsp_quote(s: str) -> str:
     # see: the function buildargv() in libiberty
@@ -2314,15 +2310,17 @@ def generate_static_link_rules(self) -> None:
             rule = 'STATIC_LINKER{}'.format(self.get_rule_suffix(for_machine))
             cmdlist: T.List[T.Union[str, NinjaCommandArg]] = []
             args = ['$in']
-            # FIXME: Must normalize file names with pathlib.Path before writing
-            #        them out to fix this properly on Windows. See:
-            # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1517
-            # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1526
-            if isinstance(static_linker, ArLikeLinker) and not mesonlib.is_windows():
+            if isinstance(static_linker, ArLikeLinker):
                 # `ar` has no options to overwrite archives. It always appends,
                 # which is never what we want. Delete an existing library first if
                 # it exists. https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1355
-                cmdlist = execute_wrapper + [c.format('$out') for c in rmfile_prefix]
+                if mesonlib.is_windows():
+                    cmd = ' '.join(['cmd /Q /D /S /V:OFF /C'] + self.environment.get_build_command() + ['--internal', 'rm', '$out', '&&'])
+                    cmdlist += [NinjaCommandArg(cmd, Quoting.none)]
+                    #cmd = (self.environment.get_build_command() + ['--internal', 'rm', '$out', '&&']).join(' ')
+                    #cmdlist += self.environment.get_build_command() + ['--internal', 'rm', '$out', '&&']
+                else:
+                    cmdlist += ['rm', '-f', '$out', '&&']
             cmdlist += static_linker.get_exelist()
             cmdlist += ['$LINK_ARGS']
             cmdlist += NinjaCommandArg.list(static_linker.get_output_args('$out'), Quoting.none)