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Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> On 04/06/2009 08:19, Charles Wilson wrote:
>> Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:
>>
>>> - let my.manifest be the manifest file
>>> - Generate a .rc file with the line:
>>>    1 RT_MANIFEST "my.manifest"
>>> - Let the resource compiler handle the .rc file, and let windres merge
>>>    the info into the executable.
>>
>> Sounds like a job for automake, not gcc.  I don't see anything here
>> http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/macros-by-category.html#AUTOMAKE yet,
>> tho.
> 
> I concur; this is not within the realm of gcc to handle by itself.
> 
> There are a number of GTK+ packages which include windres .rc files, but
> it takes all sorts of automake hacking to do it (all within an
> AM_CONDITIONAL, of course).  

  Sounds like a job for libtool, not automake. :)

    cheers,
      DaveK


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