Fix MinGW linker subsystem flag generation for Qt applications

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The Windows subsystem rule was generating incorrect linker flags for MinGW, causing Qt widget applications to fail compilation with:

ld.exe: unrecognised emulation mode: windows
Supported emulations: i386pep i386pe

The issue occurred because xmake was passing -Wl,-mwindows to MinGW's ld.exe, which interprets -mwindows as an emulation mode (similar to -mi386pep) rather than a subsystem flag. The solution is to pass -mwindows directly without the -Wl, wrapper.

Changes Made

Modified /xmake/rules/platform/windows/subsystem/xmake.lua to use the correct flag format:

elseif target:has_tool("ld", "gcc", "gxx") then
    target:add("ldflags", "-m" .. subsystem, { force = true })

Example

For a Qt widget application like:

target("myapp")
    add_rules("qt.widgetapp")
    add_files("src/*.cpp")

Before (broken):

x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ ... -Wl,-mwindows

After (working):

x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ ... -mwindows

This simple change removes the -Wl, wrapper that was causing the emulation mode confusion while maintaining full backward compatibility with all platforms.

Fixes #6.

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[waruqi]

这里不用改，只处理 gcc

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Reverted the ld section changes as requested. Only modified the gcc section. (commit e1c7e71)

[waruqi]

不用分平台，直接使用 "-m" .. subsystem ，不要加 -Wl,

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Changed to use -m + subsystem directly without -Wl, wrapper and removed platform detection as suggested. (commit e1c7e71)

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Pull Request Overview

This PR fixes MinGW linker subsystem flag generation for Qt applications by addressing incorrect flag format that caused compilation failures. The issue was that xmake was passing -Wl,-mwindows to MinGW's ld.exe, which interprets -mwindows as an emulation mode rather than a subsystem flag.

• Adds MinGW platform detection to generate correct --subsystem,windows flags instead of -mwindows
• Maintains backward compatibility with all other platforms
• Fixes compilation errors for Qt widget applications on MinGW

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[waruqi]

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Applied the feedback - simplified to use -mwindows directly without -Wl, wrapper and removed platform-specific handling. (commit e1c7e71)