Martin Wilck wrote:
Am Don, 2002-11-28 um 07.35 schrieb Dimitrie O. Paun:
-CC=gcc +CC=wcc
-RC=windres +RC=wrc
I can't follow you here. You seem to have been porting Applications using Unix-Style Makefiles. I'd guess the vast majority of Applications comes with Windows VC++ "project files" (.dsp) and "workspaces" (.dsw).
This is probably true, although a lot of the already-portable open source applications like Mozilla that Dimi's thinking of can use Unix-Style Makefiles as well.
In any case, IMO this is what's winemaker is all about. Your idea of introducing compatibility tools is nice but somewhat limited in scope. What we really need is a much more intelligent winemaker.
What would be really nice is if the new intelligent winemaker produced a Makefile, rather than doing the actual build. That way it would be less opaque to debug any problems as you could see exactly what the make was doing, and alter it if necessary. It also means people won't have to keep on using VC++. Or does winemaker do this already?
David