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

[Markus Duft]

> 
> Peter Rosin skrev:
> > Hi Markus,
> >
<snip>
> 
> Hold on! Since parity is using a $host matching *winnt*, this patch
> doesn't
> affect parity at all.

Yeah, right, i oversaw that :)

> 
> > BTW, did you file a copyright assignment?

Sure, now 2 years ago, or so...

Cheers, Markus

> >
> >>>> 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 ...
> >
> > This is exactly my point, the only thing that currently works with
> libtool
> > and gnu ld is gcc (at least I think so).
> 
> I.e. for these cases:
> 
> case $host_os in
>    cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*)
> 
> >                                          So, why make exceptions at
> this
> > time for something that doesn't work anyway? It can be added when (if
> ever)
> > all the other bits needed for cross toolchain support are added.
> >
> > Regarding cc and cc89, that would be with interix as host, so not
> affected
> > by this. Right?
> 
> Cheers,
> Peter
>