[gtk/vs2013-meson] build: Check for Meson 0.59.0+ for pre-VS2015 Update 2

[Chun-wei Fan <fanchunwei src gnome org>]

commit 3346d68311048562c0fd3b237d6fec3dd53fe75b
Author: Chun-wei Fan <fanchunwei src gnome org>
Date:   Fri Jul 30 15:40:47 2021 +0800

    build: Check for Meson 0.59.0+ for pre-VS2015 Update 2
    
    Meson 0.59.0 added support for `link_whole:` for pre-Visual Studio 2015 Update
    2, so clean things up a bit by just checking for and requiring people to
    use Meson 0.59.0 if building with pre-Visual Studio 2015 Update 2.
    
    This reverts commit 943559da671fa7db29f7659fc8a216edeeacfda5.

 gtk/meson.build | 19 +------------------
 meson.build     |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gtk/meson.build b/gtk/meson.build
index 18fbe6ac61..84ff494e08 100644
--- a/gtk/meson.build
+++ b/gtk/meson.build
@@ -1117,28 +1117,11 @@ libgtk_static = static_library('gtk',
   link_with: [libgtk_css, libgdk, libgsk ],
 )
 
-# `link_whole:` is actually only supported on Visual Studio 2015 Update 2
-# or later via the linker flag `/WHOLEARCHIVE:<static_lib>`, so we need
-# to work around it for Visual Studio 2013.  Note that all needed static
-# libs are required so that we grab the object files from each of them to
-# link the final GTK DLL.
-whole_archives = []
-gtk4_objs = []
-
-if cc.get_id() == 'msvc' and cc.version().split('.').get(0) < '19'
-  foreach target : [ libgtk_static, libgtk_css, libgdk, libgdk_win32, libgsk, libgsk_f16c ]
-    gtk4_objs += target.extract_all_objects(recursive: false)
-  endforeach
-else
-  whole_archives = [libgtk_static, libgtk_css, libgdk, libgsk ]
-endif
-
 libgtk = shared_library('gtk-4',
   c_args: gtk_cargs + common_cflags,
   include_directories: [confinc, gdkinc, gskinc, gtkinc],
   dependencies: gtk_deps + [libgtk_css_dep, libgdk_dep, libgsk_dep],
-  link_whole: whole_archives,
-  objects: gtk4_objs,
+  link_whole: [libgtk_static, libgtk_css, libgdk, libgsk ],
   link_args: common_ldflags,
   soversion: gtk_soversion,
   version: gtk_library_version,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5a19806e55..b09f764aa6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ endif
 
 # Compiler flags
 if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
+  if cc.version().version_compare('<19.00.23918') and meson.version().version_compare('<0.59.0')
+    error('Meson 0.59.0 or later is required for building with pre-Visual Studio 2015 Update 2')
+  endif
   # Compiler options taken from msvc_recommended_pragmas.h
   # in GLib, based on _Win32_Programming_ by Rector and Newcomer
   test_cflags = [