Re: autoconf + automake support for MSVC

[Peter Rosin]

Hi Stefano,

Den 2011-09-03 09:41 skrev Stefano Lattarini:
> On Saturday 03 September 2011, Peter Rosin wrote:
>>
>> [BIG SNIP]
>>
>> I don't think cccl is the future, I see it as the past. It's
>> simply not needed when the needed bits are already in 'compile'.
>>
>> It's a bit sad to see all the effort going into writing private
>> scripts wrapping cl into something that looks like gcc, when the
>> effort could be spent making autotools just work instead.
>>
> 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).
> 
> Oh, also, before doing that, could you please merge the 'maint'
> branch into the 'msvc' branch? Or I can do that for you if you
> prefer (but then you'll have to double-check that the merge has
> been really successfull).

There was that little disagreement over how win32 portability
warnings should be handled. That should perhaps be resolved first?

Cheers,
Peter