[*] as i said, dumbasses 40k commits into their project without: x64 bit builds on their primary platform, clang support under the umbrella of "xcode" support, and makefile support that isn't untested blizzard code from yesteryear

modules/gmake2/gmake2_cpp.lua

@@ -454,12 +454,9 @@
 			--   but had trouble linking to certain static libs; $(OBJECTS) moved up
 			-- $(LDFLAGS) moved to end (http://sourceforge.net/p/premake/patches/107/)
 			-- $(LIBS) moved to end (http://sourceforge.net/p/premake/bugs/279/)
-			if (os.host() == "windows") then
-				p.outln('LINKCMD = -o "$@" $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)')
-			else
-				local cc = iif(p.languages.isc(cfg.language), "CC", "CXX")
-				p.outln('LINKCMD = $(' .. cc .. ') -o "$@" $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)')
-			end
+
+			local cc = iif(p.languages.isc(cfg.language), "CC", "CXX")
+			p.outln('LINKCMD = $(' .. cc .. ') -o "$@" $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)')
 		end
 	end
 
@@ -666,16 +663,10 @@
 			targets = targets .. ' $(RESOURCES)'
 		end
 
-        local cc = iif(p.languages.isc(cfg.language), "CC", "CXX")
 		_p('$(TARGET): %s | $(TARGETDIR)', targets)
 		_p('\t$(PRELINKCMDS)')
 		_p('\t@echo Linking %s', cfg.project.name)
-		if (os.host() == "windows") then
-			_p('\t$(file > $(OBJDIR)/linkcmds.cli, $(LINKCMD))')
-			_p('\t$(' .. cc .. ') @$(OBJDIR)/linkcmds.cli')
-		else
-			_p('\t$(SILENT) $(LINKCMD)')
-		end
+		_p('\t$(SILENT) $(LINKCMD)')
 		_p('\t$(POSTBUILDCMDS)')
 		_p('')
 	end