[Issue 18509] [Beta 2.079] lld-link.exe needs msvcp140.dll

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18509

--- Comment #3 from kinke at gmx.net ---
(In reply to Rainer Schuetze from comment #1)
> I think we should link lld-link.exe statically against the VC/C++ libraries.

I agree; CMake option LLVM_USE_CRT_RELEASE=MT (assuming
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release).

> I suspect LLVM does not build with anything before VC2015 because latest C++
> is used.

Yep, from https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStartedVS.html:
"You will need Visual Studio 2015 or higher, with the latest Update installed."

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