[fpc-devel] resource compilation fails, if cpp is not on the path

[Vincent Snijders]

Yury Sidorov schreef:
> From: "Vincent Snijders" <vsnijders at quicknet.nl>
> 
> 
>> Yury Sidorov schreef:
>>>
>>> Yes. It is known issue. Compiler can search for "cpp" tool the same way
>>> as other tools like "as", "ld" and then pass --preprocessor switch to
>>> windres if "cpp" was found.
>>>
>>
>> I created the attached patch. What do you think?
> 
> Use FindFile and FindExe functions to search for "cpp". The same way as 
> windres binary is searched above:
> 
>  resfound:=false;
>  if utilsdirectory<>'' then
>    
> resfound:=FindFile(utilsprefix+bin+source_info.exeext,utilsdirectory,false,resbin); 
> 
>  if not resfound then
>    resfound:=FindExe(utilsprefix+bin,false,resbin);
> 

utilsprefix is not necessary, don't you think? Or do you have 
i386-win32-cpp on linux for cross compilation?

Vincent