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authorJon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>2018-05-15 15:13:06 +0100
committerNirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek.chauhan@gmail.com>2018-06-03 21:06:23 +0000
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Have the windows.resource_compiler() preprocesor write a depfile
When using binutils's windres, we can instruct it to invoke the preprocessor in such a way that it writes a depfile, so that dependencies on #included files are automatically tracked. Not implemented for MSVC tools, so skip testing it in that case.
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The `compile_resources()` function of the `windows` module now takes
the `depend_files:` keyword.
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+When using binutils's `windres`, dependencies on files `#include`'d by the
+preprocessor are now automatically tracked.