Re: [bug #42695] Error compiling make from last git in Windows

[Gisle Vanem]

"Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Why is the RC file important?  IME, maintaining such Windows specific files is
> a nuisance in the long run, as they fall out of sync.

Why? It's can be nice to know which compiler was used to build 
gnumake.exe, release/debug and on which date etc. (I build gnumake 
with both MSVC and MingW). And an icon is nice too so one can see 
GNU-make in running in e.g. Task Manager or Process Explorer. An 
icon requires an .rc file.

IMHO all programs with some self-respect should have a .rc/.ico
file. No problem with falling out of sync if NMakefile.template can
create the gnumake.rc itself. 

--gv