X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=j4pBMGUMOAbeI/tV 9Ohgr3rDSgfxL8RYy9Fk5G+WgNkTyIvYKFK1aRMJi3A35aIqE7xYDzLhi+Hq/iJz MzYOeD2tVkd17oewg41cTjNH13dOY5Wgk+su8EuQEWD/nW68hzW2jni2LdSkyadg PSPr0zlQ52I+5hAH28PJBDCyQg4= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=/z5BaPM+vZGo3WRccnhW9M 0NNaU=; b=IGPvDLL+B+qLf8Kf25lHOIVx7uJ75MnRi2h1azsqpbfu9ow27kq2Eg OScAH1qTJqCkA3N00qkMLToPfXALyKmXrL2SwLOrk1Uy//yMNAWh0AFOnttk8bBy kYQUTzUVnmKhUUh+jWJ3AcCmnoiWBHgaTH7o6We9GiLSNj08iZnsA= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Steven, penny, Yet, Penny X-HELO: limerock03.mail.cornell.edu X-CornellRouted: This message has been Routed already. Subject: Re: windres broken To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: From: Ken Brown Message-ID: <63dfbb31-3cf1-c5a9-059a-4aa78fa7fcfc@cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 08:47:35 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Cornell-Gauge: Gauge=XX X-PMX-CORNELL-AUTH-RESULTS: dkim-out=none; X-IsSubscribed: yes On 1/6/2017 11:10 PM, Steven Penny wrote: > Something is wrong with windres: > > $ windres myapp.rc -o myapp.res > Usage: windres [option(s)] [input-file] [output-file] > The options are: > -i --input= Name input file > -o --output= Name output file > -J --input-format= Specify input format > > The syntax above is shown here: > > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/windres.html > > Yet the command just prints usage instead of doing the thing. This command > works: > > windres myapp.rc myapp.res > > However this shouldnt be needed as described by the man: > > -i filename > The name of the input file. If this option is not used, then > windres will use the first non-option argument as the input file > name. > > This is a problem because Git itself uses the "input -o output" syntax, which > should be working: > > http://github.com/git/git/blob/e05806d/Makefile#L1816-L1819 That syntax works for me. Are you sure you're using Cygwin's windres? Ken -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple