[AD] Fw: msvcmake.bat doesn't copy everything

["Matthew Smith" <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Davis" <bndavis@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 4:38 PM
Subject: msvcmake.bat doesn't copy everything


> [Thanks to Matt for forwarding this to [AD] for me]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In recent versions of Allegro (including 4.0.1), the msvcmake package is
> broken. Here's a quote from msvcmake.bat, starting line 1081:
> 
> ---
> echo Copying libraries
> copy lib\msvc\*.lib "%_VC_DIR_%\lib"
> 
> echo Copying allegro.h
> copy include\allegro.h "%_VC_DIR_%\include"
> 
> echo Copying winalleg.h
> copy include\winalleg.h "%_VC_DIR_%\include"
> 
> echo Creating internal header directory
> md "%_VC_DIR_%\include\allegro"
> 
> echo Copying internal headers
> copy include\allegro\*.h "%_VC_DIR_%\include\allegro"
> ---
> 
> Two new directories have sprung up, specifically
> include/allegro/platform and include/allegro/internal. I would submit a
> patch, but I don't know exactly which files need copying from those
> directories.
> 
> This bug is impacting DUMB ( http://dumb.sf.net/ ). Somehow people
> manage to use Allegro regardless of the missing files (maybe they have
> project files set up to search Allegro's original include directory?).
> However, DUMB's makefile tries to compile stuff that includes allegro.h.
> allegro.h includes allegro/base.h, which tries to include
> internal/alconfig.h, which fails. And I get the blame for it. :P
> 
> I'll put a note on DUMB's website in due course. However, it would be
> nice if this could be fixed for the next release of Allegro :)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
>