[PATCH] mfc42: add static library

[Jefferson Carpenter]

This patch will close or contribute to closing bug #657.  In particular, 
pidgen.dll which is required by some applications runs successfully, 
resolving the pidgen-related bugs which have been marked as duplicates 
of bug #657.

On 4/15/2019 3:12 PM, Andrew Eikum wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 06:14:43AM +0000, Jefferson Carpenter wrote:
>> As surprising as it is, merely having a DLL by the name of mfc42
>> present, Rise of Legends is able to generate a PID after entering the
>> CD key.
>>
> 
> I don't have any opinions on this patch, but Age of Empires 3 does the
> same thing. It loads mfc42, quits if it fails to load, and otherwise
> does nothing with it if it succeeds. It also complains about pidgen,
> so I guess it's some common anti-copy software.
> 
> Andrew
> 
>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 2:31 AM Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 03:05 Jefferson Carpenter <jeffersoncarpenter2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> winetricks -q, rather.  I'm not married to adding mfc42 if there's a
>>>> workaround that can be used instead.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I should have checked bugzilla first!
>>>>
>>>> On 4/14/2019 8:01 AM, Jefferson Carpenter wrote:
>>>>> Didn't check this first https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657
>>>>>
>>>>> However, the patch allows PidGen.dll referred to in the above bug to do
>>>>> its dirty work, which should remove a blockage from some games.
>>>>>
>>>>> The 'winetricks -w mfc42' workaround should still work even if Wine
>>>>> begins to implement mfc42.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/14/2019 6:08 AM, Austin English wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 01:05 Jefferson Carpenter <
>>>>>> jeffersoncarpenter2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What does this accomplish? I.e. how does it improve things over the
>>>>>> current
>>>>>> situation?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just because there's a workaround doesn't mean it shouldn't be fixed.
>>>
>>> The problem though is that it's completely undocumented. I don't think adding a stub with no exports that is unlikely to be implemented improves things over the status quo.
>>
>>