bazelbuild / bazelbuild/bazel

Windows: support resource compilation

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#8,273 21 comments 3 reactions 2 assignees Claimed by @andrewkatson View on GitHub
area-Windows not stale P3 team-Rules-CPP type: feature request
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Description

### Description of the problem / feature request:

Support compiling .rc files on Windows. The resource compiler is part of the Windows SDK.

### Feature requests: what underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?

To support compiling resources (icons, string tables, version info, etc.) on Windows to object files, and linking them into C++ binaries.

### What operating system are you running Bazel on?

Windows

### What's the output of `bazel info release`?

0.25.0

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