[CMake] working around rc.exe "too many -I# options"

[David Cole]

One easy way to hack around this problem would be to use add_custom_command
to invoke the rc.exe directly...

Not sure if you could just include a *.res file (output from rc) as a source
in an add_library or add_executable call, though.

Worth a shot....


On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:20 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:

> > I am trying to add Windows versioning information to my project. I am
> > using CMake 2.6.2 and VS2005.
> >
> > I have crafted a version.rc file which I use with all my libraries and
> > executables. This is working well except for one library which has 94
> > include directories, one greater than the 93 directory limit (lol)
> > imposed by rc.exe, the Windows resource compiler.
> >
> > Thus, I am running into this issue:
> >
> >
> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/97be1e3a-82ec-430d-a260-d75ea173b62e
> >
> > Yes, the library probably could/should be refactored to get rid of this
> > excessive number of include dirs, but that's not how it is today and I
> > would prefer not to change it at this time.
> >
> > Has anyone hacked around this problem?
> >
>
> I have this in my main project. No, I have not found a good solution.
> I should have reported this months ago. Since I was busy at the time I
> just disabled the .rc and I have no icon..
>
> John M. Drescher
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