Link chrome.exe to its IntDir and then hardlink to OutDir

chrome/chrome_exe.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2011 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.
 
 {
   'target_defaults': {
     'variables': {
       'chrome_exe_target': 0,
     },
     'target_conditions': [
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         # listed here.
         'mac_bundle_resources!': [
           'app/app-Info.plist',
         ],
         'xcode_settings': {
           'CHROMIUM_STRIP_SAVE_FILE': 'app/app.saves',
           'INFOPLIST_FILE': 'app/app-Info.plist',
         },
         'conditions': [
           ['OS=="win"', {
-            # TODO(scottbyer): This is a temporary workaround.  The right fix
-            # is to change the output file to be in $(IntDir) for this project
-            # and the .dll project and use the hardlink script to link it back
-            # to $(OutDir).
-            'configurations': {
-              'Debug_Base': {
-                'msvs_settings': {
-                  'VCLinkerTool': {
-                    'LinkIncremental': '1',
-                  },
-                },
-              },
-            },
             'msvs_settings': {
               'VCLinkerTool': {
                 'DelayLoadDLLs': [
                   'dbghelp.dll',
                   'dwmapi.dll',
                   'uxtheme.dll',
                   'ole32.dll',
                   'oleaut32.dll',
                 ],
                 # Set /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS for chrome.exe itself.
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             'app/chrome_exe.rc',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/chrome_version/chrome_exe_version.rc',
           ],
           'msvs_settings': {
             'VCLinkerTool': {
               'ImportLibrary': '$(OutDir)\\lib\\chrome_exe.lib',
               'ProgramDatabaseFile': '$(OutDir)\\chrome_exe.pdb',
             },
           },
         }],
+
+        # Linking to $(IntDir) and then hard-linking back to $(OutDir) is a
+        # workaround to avoid having the .ilk files for chrome.dll and
+        # chrome.exe conflicting. See http://crbug.com/92528 for background.
+        # Only done on 2008 currently because msvs_postbuild isn't implemented
+        # on 2010 yet, and this hack may not be required there anyway.
+        ['OS=="win" and MSVS_VERSION=="2008"', {
+          'msvs_settings': {
+            'VCLinkerTool': {
+              'OutputFile': '$(IntDir)\\chrome.exe',
+            },
+          },
+          'msvs_postbuild': 'tools\\build\\win\\hardlink_failsafe.bat $(IntDir)\\chrome.exe $(OutDir)\\chrome.exe'
+        }],
       ],
     },
   ],
   'conditions': [
     ['OS=="win"', {
       'targets': [
         {
           'target_name': 'chrome_nacl_win64',
           'type': 'executable',
           'product_name': 'nacl64',
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           'configurations': {
             'Common_Base': {
               'msvs_target_platform': 'x64',
             },
           },
         },
       ],
     }],
   ],
 }