RE: [patch #6448] [MSVC 7/7] Add MSVC Support
Hi Ralf, Ralf Wildenhues skrev: Hi Peter, snip So, I guess I'm saying that I'd prefer sticking to: if test $GCC != yes; then reload_cmds=false fi Ok to push? Could this break parity support? I know It's not in the tree yet, but I still hope, that ralf comes to looking into my patch some day I'm thinking of two problem cases: - could be someone would like to use cccl with GNU binutils ld I guess neither cccl nor parity will work with GNU ld right now, BUT: M$ own cc and cc89 scripts (which are used by M$ to build nearly the whole system with MSVC as backend) use GNU ld, maybe those aren't too important, since not many people except M$ use it, but still ... I have wasted quite a bit of time trying to make cccl work. Can someone pleasepleaseprettypleasewithsugerontop point me to the *exact* cccl script I should use, what environment I should have and how I should configure to make it work? Use parity instead :) Cheers, Markus - could be another non-GCC compiler (we've had reports about those on w32 before, I don't remember whether that was Portland or so) FWIW, did you know that 'w32' to me just means Windows, 32bit? ;-) Err, yes, what makes you make that statement? The same goes for me, but cygwin is also w32 but most of the time you are best off if you forget that when you are using cygwin, and that's one of the reasons the name w32 is not all that useful. When I'm aware of what I'm doing I try to hold back any use of w32, it's generally too unspecific. Any time I see w32, I think: Ok, what is not included this time? Cheers, Ralf PS: I'm aware of other loose ends in this thread. I'll get to them eventually, hopefully. ;-) Feel free to ping me if I haven't by the end of next (not this) weekend. I will, thanks in advance! Cheers, Peter
Re: [patch #6448] [MSVC 7/7] Add MSVC Support
Peter Rosin skrev: Hi Markus, Markus Duft skrev: Hi Ralf, Ralf Wildenhues skrev: Hi Peter, snip So, I guess I'm saying that I'd prefer sticking to: if test $GCC != yes; then reload_cmds=false fi Ok to push? Could this break parity support? I know It's not in the tree yet, but I still hope, that ralf comes to looking into my patch some day Well, my guess is that you would know if you have implemented reloadable objects (the -r switch) in parity. If you don't know, I expect reloadable objects are not supported and that this patch will help parity. Hold on! Since parity is using a $host matching *winnt*, this patch doesn't affect parity at all. BTW, did you file a copyright assignment? I'm thinking of two problem cases: - could be someone would like to use cccl with GNU binutils ld I guess neither cccl nor parity will work with GNU ld right now, BUT: M$ own cc and cc89 scripts (which are used by M$ to build nearly the whole system with MSVC as backend) use GNU ld, maybe those aren't too important, since not many people except M$ use it, but still ... This is exactly my point, the only thing that currently works with libtool and gnu ld is gcc (at least I think so). I.e. for these cases: case $host_os in cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*) So, why make exceptions at this time for something that doesn't work anyway? It can be added when (if ever) all the other bits needed for cross toolchain support are added. Regarding cc and cc89, that would be with interix as host, so not affected by this. Right? Cheers, Peter
RE: [patch #6448] [MSVC 7/7] Add MSVC Support
Peter Rosin skrev: Hi Markus, snip Hold on! Since parity is using a $host matching *winnt*, this patch doesn't affect parity at all. Yeah, right, i oversaw that :) BTW, did you file a copyright assignment? Sure, now 2 years ago, or so... Cheers, Markus I'm thinking of two problem cases: - could be someone would like to use cccl with GNU binutils ld I guess neither cccl nor parity will work with GNU ld right now, BUT: M$ own cc and cc89 scripts (which are used by M$ to build nearly the whole system with MSVC as backend) use GNU ld, maybe those aren't too important, since not many people except M$ use it, but still ... This is exactly my point, the only thing that currently works with libtool and gnu ld is gcc (at least I think so). I.e. for these cases: case $host_os in cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*) So, why make exceptions at this time for something that doesn't work anyway? It can be added when (if ever) all the other bits needed for cross toolchain support are added. Regarding cc and cc89, that would be with interix as host, so not affected by this. Right? Cheers, Peter
Re: [patch #6448] [MSVC 7/7] Add MSVC Support
Hello Markus, * Markus Duft wrote on Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:26:10AM CEST: Could this break parity support? We try to ensure that it doesn't happen. I know It's not in the tree yet, but I still hope, that ralf comes to looking into my patch some day Yes. My plan is to get Peter's stuff fully through once, then merge, then sigh and probably take a couple of weeks off Libtool, then do the same game with your parity patches. I took Peter's patches first since they have been waiting for longer. I'll go crazy if I have to do both at once. Cheers, Ralf
