[openbeosstorage] BResources

> BTW, I made some progress: I wrote a little program, that is able to
> analyze a resource file. It doesn't support ELF files yet, but I've got
> all the information I need, thus it should be easy to do.
> Another thing to figure out is how the check sum at the end of the
> resources work. But as soon as that is in place, I can start the field
> tests. :-)

Good deal.

> Regarding the test suite for BResources, it may be a good idea to provide
> some resource files for the tests. Otherwise it can only be ensured that
> our BResources can eat the stuff, it created, but leaves open, if it is
> compatible with the original Be resources.
> Where would I put those files? In a subdirectory in test/ ?
> Mmh, I just have the idea, that I could write a little command to create
> and edit resource files. Then the test files could be created on the
> fly. Excutables had to be at tested as well... but we have /bin...
> Mmh, I will think about it.

Yeah, I would go with the second method. You could use mwdres to dump a 
resource file from something in /boot/beos/apps too. 

-Tyler

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