Add $(inherited) to the conditional OTHER_LDFLAGS settings to prevent them from masking

build/common.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2012 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.
 
 # IMPORTANT:
 # Please don't directly include this file if you are building via gyp_chromium,
 # since gyp_chromium is automatically forcing its inclusion.
 {
   # Variables expected to be overriden on the GYP command line (-D) or by
   # ~/.gyp/include.gypi.
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                           'OTHER_LDFLAGS': [
                             '-force_load',
                             '<(arc_toolchain_path)/libarclite_iphonesimulator.a',
                           ],
                         },
                       }],
                       # Xcode sets target_arch at compile-time.
                       ['"<(GENERATOR)"=="xcode"', {
                         'xcode_settings': {
                           'OTHER_LDFLAGS[arch=armv7]': [
+                            '$(inherited)',
                             '-force_load',
                             '<(arc_toolchain_path)/libarclite_iphoneos.a',
                           ],
                           'OTHER_LDFLAGS[arch=i386]': [
+                            '$(inherited)',
                             '-force_load',
                             '<(arc_toolchain_path)/libarclite_iphonesimulator.a',
                           ],
                         },
                       }],
                     ],
                   }],
                 ],
               }],
             ],
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     # settings in target dicts.  SYMROOT is a special case, because many other
     # Xcode variables depend on it, including variables such as
     # PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR.  When a source group corresponding to something
     # like PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR is added to a project, in order for the
     # files to appear (when present) in the UI as actual files and not red
     # red "missing file" proxies, the correct path to PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR,
     # and therefore SYMROOT, needs to be set at the project level.
     'SYMROOT': '<(DEPTH)/xcodebuild',
   },
 }