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 meson (0.61.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * New upstream release.
Author: Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com>

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--- meson-0.61.2.orig/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
+++ meson-0.61.2/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ class NinjaBackend(backends.Backend):
             cratetype = 'rlib'
         else:
             raise InvalidArguments('Unknown target type for rustc.')
-        args.extend(['--crate-type', cratetype])
+        args.extend(['--crate-type link-arg=-nostartfiles', cratetype])
 
         # If we're dynamically linking, add those arguments
         #
