Learned that mini_installer's linker settings cannot actually be shared...

chrome/chrome.gyp

 # Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 {
   'variables': {
     'chromium_code': 1,
     # Define the common dependencies that contain all the actual
     # Chromium functionality.  This list gets pulled in below by
     # the link of the actual chrome (or chromium) executable on
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       ]
     }],
     ['OS=="win"',
       { 'targets': [
         {
           # TODO(sgk):  remove this when we change the buildbots to
           # use the generated build\all.sln file to build the world.
           'target_name': 'pull_in_all',
           'type': 'none',
           'dependencies': [
+            'installer/mini_installer.gyp:*',
             'installer/installer.gyp:*',
             '../app/app.gyp:*',
             '../base/base.gyp:*',
             '../media/media.gyp:*',
             '../net/net.gyp:*',
             '../printing/printing.gyp:*',
             '../rlz/rlz.gyp:*',
             '../sdch/sdch.gyp:*',
             '../skia/skia.gyp:*',
             '../testing/gmock.gyp:*',
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               # Use outputs of this action as inputs for the main target build.
               # Seems as a misnomer but makes this happy on Linux (scons).
               'process_outputs_as_sources': 1,
             },
           ],  # 'actions'
         },
       ]
     }],
   ],  # 'conditions'
 }