kdelibs frameworks buildsystem under Windows

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Sunday 17 February 2013, Ralf Habacker wrote:
> Am 16.02.2013 20:58, schrieb Alexander Neundorf:
...
> >>> * What is this manifest stuff for ?
> >>> When is this needed ?
> >> 
> >> Which "manifest stuff"?
> > 
> > This, and there's probably some macro going along with it:
> >     option(KDE4_ENABLE_UAC_MANIFEST "add manifest to make vista uac
> >     happy" OFF) if (KDE4_ENABLE_UAC_MANIFEST)
> >     
> >        find_program(KDE4_MT_EXECUTABLE mt
> >        
> >           PATHS ${KDEWIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/../bin
> >           NO_DEFAULT_PATH
> >        
> >        )
> >        if (KDE4_MT_EXECUTABLE)
> >        
> >           message(STATUS "Found KDE manifest tool at
> >           ${KDE4_MT_EXECUTABLE} ")
> >        
> >        else (KDE4_MT_EXECUTABLE)
> >        
> >           message(STATUS "KDE manifest tool not found, manifest
> >           generating for
> > 
> > Windows Vista disabled")
> > 
> >           set (KDE4_ENABLE_UAC_MANIFEST OFF)
> >        
> >        endif (KDE4_MT_EXECUTABLE)
> >     
> >     endif (KDE4_ENABLE_UAC_MANIFEST)
> 
> Because uac is still present on windows 7 i guess it is still relevant

I don't know much about Windows...
What is a manifest ?

Alex