> From: "Gisle Vanem" <gva...@yahoo.no> > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:52:55 +0200 > > "Eli Zaretskii" <invalid.nore...@gnu.org> wrote: > > > Why is the RC file important? IME, maintaining such Windows specific files > > is > > a nuisance in the long run, as they fall out of sync. > > Why? It's can be nice to know which compiler was used to build > gnumake.exe, release/debug and on which date etc. (I build gnumake > with both MSVC and MingW). And an icon is nice too so one can see > GNU-make in running in e.g. Task Manager or Process Explorer. An > icon requires an .rc file. > > IMHO all programs with some self-respect should have a .rc/.ico > file. No problem with falling out of sync if NMakefile.template can > create the gnumake.rc itself.
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