Re: RC support should be fixed

From: pal.tw (b84037_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-01 21:05:44

> > > Surely the easiest way would be to perform RC --> RES, then 
apply a
> > > specific RES --> OBJ for GCC targets, or am I missing something?
> >
> >Now we have RC->OBJ convertion, which should work everywhere. We 
can have
> >RC->RES and special RES->OBJ for GCC but that's more complex. Is 
there a
> >reason to prefer it?
> 
> Not really. Only that the developer may have tools that 
read/use .res files. 
> I was also unaware of how MS link.exe handles .res files.
>
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generators.register-standard msvc.compile.rc : RC : OBJ(%_res) : 
<toolset>msvc : <toolset>msvc ;
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Even if the extension of the output file is .obj, it is still
a .res file. 'link.exe' can recognize this file format and invoke
'cvtres.exe'. Or the following error message will appear...

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LINK : fatal error LNK1158: cannot run 'cvtres.exe'
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-- PAL