Re: autoconf + automake support for MSVC

[Peter Rosin]

Stefano Lattarini skrev 2011-09-03 09:41:
> For what concerns this: are you willing to re-submit your patch
> series about AM_PROG_AR to automake-patches? I will try hard to
> look into it, if you are willing to do the required testing and
> to patiently explain to me the details I won't undertand (and
> be warned that there will probably be many of them, since I'm a
> total Windows noob).

It is not a patch series, it is single patch that adds a new
macro that is modeled after AM_PROG_CC_C_O, some tests to catch
regressions and a plethora of trivial updates to the testsuite.
Ah, and the little portability warning of course, triggered when
building libraries w/o AM_PROG_AR in configure...

Anyway, I have rebased the patch on top of the current msvc branch
and have added fixes for fallout in a few new tests etc.

The testsuite is ccccrrrraaaaaawwwwllllliiinnnnngggggg along, I'll
post the updated patch as soon as it finishes satisfactory. I just
wanted to post this in case it improves the odds of making the
release...

Cheers,
Peter