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
