Re: New release

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joost Kraaijeveld [mailto:J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl]
> Sent: 13 February 2005 19:01
> To: Dave Page
> Subject: RE: [ODBC] New release
>
> > And I'm not sure what D option you mean -
> > cl.exe uses D for defining macros.
> So do I ;-). For some reason inoue created the file win_md5.c
> as a wrapper around the macros MD5_OSBC and FRONTEND. I think
> it should be removed because it introduces a platform
> dependant file that can be replaced by compiler flags. And it
> hinders Eclipse in compiling every C file in the directory
> (becaus md5.c cannot be compiled)

Well, I don't much care either way, but obviously Hiroshi did. However,
supporting another development environment is reason enough to override
one persons personal taste imho (even if that environment is a little
broken ;-) ), so please feel free to submit a patch to the list.

>
> >> BTW: the drivers compiles OK with MinGW. Is there any
> >> interest in a MinGW based Eclipse Project or simple makefile?
> >
> > I was thinking that we could start building purely in Mingw
> > now that the backend does. The preferred way would be to
> use the existing autoconf
> > build systems (as used on Unix). I haven't had a chance to
> try yet, but
> > if you want to, please do.
> I have a working makefile (attached). It compiles the driver
> but for some reason it does not work (I think it has to do
> with the resource file).

It's not a makefile we need, but appropriate changes to the autoconf
code to allow it to detect and use the Windows driver manager instead of
iodbc/unixodbc.

Regards Dave.