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Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 23:09:11 -0400
To: "Travis Howell" <kirben AT optusnet DOT com DOT au>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: windres doesn't accept DOS paths
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I guess it hasn't been a big priority for anyone so far, though I expect it 
will get addressed eventually.  If you're interested, inclined, and capable,
you should feel free to submit a patch. 


Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX



At 10:06 PM 10/12/2002, Travis Howell wrote:
>I was just wondering, are there any plans to fix the problem of Cygwin's
>windres failing to understand windows style paths which is mentioned below ?
>
>Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
> > At 10:00 AM 12/27/2001, Matthew Brett wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I think someone mentioned that if cygwin utilities do not accept DOS
> >> paths then this should be considered a bug.  Just to report then, if
> >> you pass a DOS path to windres, it barfs:
> >>
> >> windres "c:\test.rc"
> >>
> >> gives
> >>
> >> gcc: c:test.rc: No such file or directory
> >> gcc: Warning: `-x c-header' after last input file has no effect
> >> gcc: No input files
> >> windres: warning: preprocessor failed
> >> windres: no resources
> >
> > There does appear to be some issue here.  Even at the DOS prompt, the
> > backslash needs to be escaped in order to work (in the example above).
> > Other Cygwin utilities don't have this problem.  It's worth noting
> > that the POSIX path and the "c:/test.rc" alternative paths both work
> > fine though with windres.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
> > RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
> > 838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
> > Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX
>
>
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