From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Mingw32 Resource Compiler driving me NUTS!
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 17:17:15 -0600
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Gautam N. Lad / Vimal N. Lad wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> OK, I apologize for the following (posting same problem again), but I am really
> starting to lose it.  How the F_CK do you compile resource files using the
> Mingw32 compiler?  Either the WINDRES or RCL are freakin' me out, giving me
> dumb errors, which I can't solve.  I can't find anything useful in the .DOCs.
> These same resource files compile just fine under LCC's resource compiler.
> 
> I am using the following commandline for windres:
> windres -i gldlgm.rc -o gldlgm.res -I rc -O res
> 
> And it gives this stinkin' error:
> E:\MING\BIN\WINDRES.EXE:
> E:\\MING\\lib\\gcc-lib\\i386-mingw32\\2.8.1\\include\\stdarg.h:70: syntax error
> cpp.exe: stdout: Broken pipe
> 
> Please help!  I am going nuts!

If you are using the same version of mingw32 as I do, then the line in
question is:
  typedef void *__gnuc_va_list;
And this line is simply not legal resource script.  Microsoft's rc.exe
bulks on this line too.

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