RE: [patch #6448] [MSVC 7/7] Add MSVC Support

[Markus Duft]

> 
> Hi Ralf,
> 
> Ralf Wildenhues skrev:
> > Hi Peter,
> >
<snip>
> 
> So, I guess I'm saying that I'd prefer sticking to:
>      if test "$GCC" != yes; then
>        reload_cmds=false
>      fi
> 
> Ok to push?

Could this break parity support? I know It's not in the tree yet, but I
still hope, that ralf comes to looking into my patch some day....

> 
> > I'm thinking of two problem cases:
> > - could be someone would like to use cccl with GNU binutils ld

I guess neither cccl nor parity will work with GNU ld right now, BUT: M$ own
cc and cc89 scripts (which are used by M$ to build nearly the whole system
with MSVC as backend) use GNU ld, maybe those aren't too important, since
not many people except M$ use it, but still ...

> 
> I have wasted quite a bit of time trying to make cccl work. Can someone
> pleasepleaseprettypleasewithsugerontop point me to the *exact* cccl
> script I should use, what environment I should have and how I should
> configure to make it work?

Use parity instead :)

Cheers, Markus

> 
> > - could be another non-GCC compiler (we've had reports about
> >   those on w32 before, I don't remember whether that was Portland or
> so)
> >
> >
> > FWIW, did you know that 'w32' to me just means "Windows, 32bit"?  ;-)
> 
> Err, yes, what makes you make that statement? The same goes for me, but
> cygwin is also w32 but most of the time you are best off if you forget
> that when you are using cygwin, and that's one of the reasons the name
> w32 is not all that useful. When I'm aware of what I'm doing I try to
> hold back any use of w32, it's generally too unspecific. Any time I see
> w32, I think: "Ok, what is not included this time?"
> 
> > Cheers,
> > Ralf
> >
> > PS: I'm aware of other loose ends in this thread.  I'll get to them
> > eventually, hopefully.  ;-)  Feel free to ping me if I haven't by the
> > end of next (not this) weekend.
> 
> I will, thanks in advance!
> 
> Cheers,
> Peter
>