[bug-gnu-libiconv] libiconv build system don't link windows resource files

[Roumen Petrov]

What about to resolve issue ?

Roumen Petrov wrote:
> Hi Bruno,
>
> Michael start two mail threads:
> 1)
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-libiconv/2008-11/msg00002.html
> 2)
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-libiconv/2008-11/msg00012.html
>
> The first (1) is with two parts a) for sed and resource file b) resource 
> isn't linked.
> Since I think that sed problem (if I remember well) is fixed in CVS HEAD 
> so I will not comment it in this email.
> The patch for resource may be work (adding "-Wl,libiconv.res" solves it).
>
> The second (2) is only for resource isn't linked. The patch from this 
> thread is obsolete and is part from 1.12.
>
> I check the reported "resource issue" and confirm that problem exist.
> The CVS HEAD version (makefiles with resources) is not changed I to me 
> problems is not resolved.
>
>
> I would like to propose a solution based on libtool. To the email is 
> attach file libiconv-1.12.patch-RC. This file is only to show how 
> libtool can compile and link windows resources.
>
> The libtool provide a macro AC_LIBTOOL_RC (v<2). This macro isn't well 
> documented. It has to be called before AC_PROG_LIBTOOL. For libtool 
> (v>=2+) it is replaced with LT_LANG([Windows Resource]) called after 
> LT_INIT. This macro detect resource compilers (windres for mingw) and 
> enable a libtool tag (--tag=RC) to work. For details search internet for 
> LTRCCOMPILE author Charles Wilson. So the attached file follow libtool 
> rules for windows resources.
>
> Bruno what you think about this ?
> If is acceptable I'm ready to propose a patch to CVS HEAD.
>
> Roumen