[bug #65771] [PATCH] restore Visual C 6 and newer but older VC 200X builds

[Dan D]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #65771 (group make):

Revised "restore Visual C 6 and newer but older VC 200X builds"

-more std C types/casts used, no more app specific "_quad_t" type

also added a 2nd patch fixing build/compile time, for gnumake on old or very
old (2000s era) Mingw GCCs for Win32. Putting it in this ticket, because I
think it won't apply unless "restore VC6" patch is applied. Commit history
looks better if its 2 separate commits in a row. 

So patch #2, for old Mingw GCC, this patch also restores RUNTIME execution of
gnumake+any Mingw GCC, modern or old!!! on WinXP. Mingw GCC+gnumake binaries,
would not execute at all, by WinXP OS (Win 7 & up, the gnumake.exe execs
fine). Mingw version made no difference for WinXP refusing to exec the .exe,
because of the XML manifest file from the email/thread/commit below, is parsed
as malformed/unknown schema/XML Tags for WinXP's kernel. So I added the
correct back-compat XML stuff, and WinXP+Gnumake+Mingw runs fine on XP now.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-make/2023-03/msg00101.html

Revision: b2bf660abc4611677670b01fcbb0dc94ce2c35f7
Author: Costas Argyris <costas.argyris@gmail.com>
Date: 6/19/2023 9:51:13 AM
Message: Add a UTF-8 resource when building for Windows


(file #56105, file #56106)

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