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List:       binutils-bugs
Subject:    RE: windres bug in -I/--input-dir option
From:       Anthony Penniston <anthony.penniston () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2010-06-17 2:22:34
Message-ID: SNT130-w53F0FE741A3BA0FBA1758BF0DF0 () phx ! gbl
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Okay Nick, I've gone ahead and reported it here:
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11711
(added you to the CC list - I hope you don't mind.)

I note there that if backwards-compatibility is necessary, then at least
 "--include-dir=res" can behave as expected. I agree, it's barely noteworthy; but if \
you have a patch on the ready, we may as well take the opportunity to make good \
software better.

Cheers.
Anthony

p.s. would be nice if GCC and binutils bugzilla user accounts were merged, so only \
one registration is needed.

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> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:50:12 +0100
> From: nickc@redhat.com
> To: anthony.penniston@hotmail.com
> CC: bug-binutils@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: windres bug in -I/--input-dir option
> 
> Hi Anthony,
> 
> > If you specify "res" as an include directory via the "-I"
> > or "--include-dir=" options, windres mistakenly assumes
> > this to be the output format (and issues a warning saying
> > to use "-J" instead). The workaround if you have such an
> > input directory named "res" is to specify it as "./res",
> > though this really shouldn't be necessary.
> 
> I am not sure if this important enough to be worth fixing. Especially
> there is a simple workaround as you have mentioned. I have a patch that
> will correct the behaviour (attached) but it has the potential to
> confuse users used to the old, deprecated, behaviour. If you really
> feel that this feature needs to be corrected in the sources please open
> a bug report on the binutils bugzilla system and I will make the patch
> official:
> 
> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla
> 
> Cheers
> Nick Clifton
> 
> 
> 
 		 	   		  
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