I think I took it as an opportunity to learn a tiny bit of automake having avoided it so far!
Ho hum... an update is in progress. On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Jacek Caban <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ray, > > Sorry for my response time too... Why don't you put the warning in > configure.ac instead of Makefile? Also the warning could say something like > "--with-widl used in out of the tree compilation. Existing generated files > won't be modified." > > Cheers, > Jacek > > > On 02/03/13 19:44, Ray Donnelly wrote: > > Hi Jacek, > > Sorry for the long response time. > > Please find attached a new version of the patch that adds the warning > you mentioned. > > I also named it as .a txt file and removed all auto generated files. > > Best regards, > > Ray. > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Jacek Caban <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ray, > > .idl.h: crt/_mingw.h > - $(WIDL) -DBOOL=WINBOOL -I$(srcdir)/include > -I$(srcdir)/direct-x/include -Icrt -I$(srcdir)/crt -h -o $(srcdir)/$@ $< > + $(WIDL) -DBOOL=WINBOOL -I$(srcdir)/include > -I$(srcdir)/direct-x/include -Icrt -I$(srcdir)/crt -h -o $@ $< > > > The current code is indeed a hack, but it's intentional. Compiling with > --with-widl is a maintainer-like mode and is supposed to change files in > source directories. > > That said, --with-widl works best if ran in config where > srcdir=builddir, because widl-generated comments look better then. We > could change the way it works like you propose (so that if someone > really wants widl-maintainer more, he is expected to build from srcdir), > but for that I think we'd need a warning in configure when someone uses > --with-widl and srcdir!=builddir. > > Thanks, > Jacek > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current > with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft > MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer > Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 > and get the hardware for free! Learn more. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
