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Re: windres: -U
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- To: dimi at intelliware dot ca
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, wine-devel at winehq dot com
- Date: 21 Mar 2003 11:00:39 +0000
- Subject: Re: windres: -U
- References: <200303210203.57170.dimi@intelliware.ca>
Hi Dimitrie,
> Given that the windres maintainers like the idea, it's just a matter
> of time (few days, until I get the stupid FSF copyright assignment
> papers signed) until it goes in.
Umm, in the past it has taken a lot longer than a few days to get
these copyright assignments sorted out....
> Idealy, I'd like to completely remove the annoying ifdef. So what's
> left?
>
> First, the -r in the !GNU_CC case. This seems to be simply
> ignored by the MS rc, for backwards compatibility:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tools/tools/using_rc_the_rc_command_line_.asp
>
> Do we _need_ to keep it around?
It would appear not - but I would like to wait a few days to see if
anyone else knows of a reason to keep it. Maybe there are people out
there using an old set of Microsoft's tools ?
> Second, it seems that windres does not support the -U option.
> It should, and I'm considering submitting a patch to do just that.
>
> With that, the monster will collapse to simply:
>
> $(RC) $(RCFLAGS) $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) $(OUTOPTION)$@ $<
>
> which is so much easier on the eye.
This would indeed be much nicer.
Cheers
Nick