Fix Rust linking -lfoo.so not -lfoo due to TOC

Some toolchains generate a .so.TOC as well as a .so file when creating
shared libraries; they did not previously link correctly into downstream
Rust targets because the generated Ninja rules asked to link to -lfoo.so
rather than -lfoo.

The unit test code here is a bit verbose. It seemed desirable to test
with a toolchain that generates TOC files and one that does not.
However, that may be overkill.

Bug: crbug.com/gn/137
Change-Id: I30918957f8da187c5a1fc3e8f76d91fe5fda494f
Reviewed-on: https://gn-review.googlesource.com/c/gn/+/7020
Reviewed-by: Adrian Taylor <adetaylor@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Brett Wilson <brettw@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Brett Wilson <brettw@chromium.org>
4 files changed
tree: 306a92dc794c8c44099fb72a7f9f4178ce95b2f4
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  3. examples/
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  5. misc/
  6. src/
  7. .clang-format
  8. .editorconfig
  9. .gitignore
  10. .style.yapf
  11. AUTHORS
  12. LICENSE
  13. OWNERS
  14. README.md
README.md

GN

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Getting a binary

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git clone https://gn.googlesource.com/gn
cd gn
python build/gen.py
ninja -C out
# To run tests:
out/gn_unittests

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Examples

There is a simple example in examples/simple_build directory that is a good place to get started with the minimal configuration.

To build and run the simple example with the default gcc compiler:

cd examples/simple_build
../../out/gn gen -C out
ninja -C out
./out/hello

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Register at https://gn-review.googlesource.com.

... edit code ...
ninja -C out && out/gn_unittests

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git commit
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