[Emacs-diffs] emacs/etc PROBLEMS

[Jason Rumney]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Jason Rumney <jasonr>   09/02/04 09:12:59

Modified files:
        etc            : PROBLEMS 

Log message:
        (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/etc/PROBLEMS?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.266&r2=1.267

Patches:
Index: PROBLEMS
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/etc/PROBLEMS,v
retrieving revision 1.266
retrieving revision 1.267
diff -u -b -r1.266 -r1.267
--- PROBLEMS    28 Jan 2009 23:44:13 -0000      1.266
+++ PROBLEMS    4 Feb 2009 09:12:59 -0000       1.267
@@ -2604,10 +2604,25 @@
 conflict between the versions of malloc in the DLL and in Emacs, which
 is not resolvable due to the way Windows does dynamic linking.
 
-We recommend the use of the MingW port of GCC for compiling Emacs, as
+We recommend the use of the MinGW port of GCC for compiling Emacs, as
 not only does it not suffer these problems, but it is also Free
 software like Emacs.
 
+*** Building the MS-Windows port with Visual Studio fails compiling emacs.rc
+
+If the build fails with the following message then the problem
+described here most likely applies:
+
+../nt/emacs.rc(1) : error RC2176 : old DIB in icons\emacs.ico; pass it
+through SDKPAINT
+
+The Emacs icon contains a high resolution PNG icon for Vista, which is
+not recognized by older versions of the resource compiler. There are
+several workarounds for this problem:
+       1. Use Free MinGW tools to compile, which do not have this problem.
+       2. Install the latest Windows SDK.
+       3. Replace emacs.ico with an older or edited icon.
+
 ** Linking
 
 *** Building Emacs with a system compiler fails to link because of an