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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com > > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > > Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX > > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
