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changeset 101793:65f8f3d1365d
(CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
| author | Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:12:59 +0000 |
| parents | 9670c4f7022a |
| children | 182f3f4f03c3 |
| files | etc/PROBLEMS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/PROBLEMS Wed Feb 04 07:45:09 2009 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Wed Feb 04 09:12:59 2009 +0000 @@ -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