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MSVC 2003 Resource Compiler Error

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System)
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Subject: bug#2172 closed by Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org> (Re: bug#2168: 
 MSVC 2003 Resource Compiler Error)
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:35:06 +0000

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This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report
which was filed against the emacs,w32 package:

#2168: ico bug on Windows

It has been closed by Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>.

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From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: David Robinow <drobinow <at> gmail.com>, 2168-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2168: MSVC 2003 Resource Compiler Error
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:28:16 +0900

David Robinow wrote:
> I don't know a good fix.
>   

There was a thread about this last May. I've added an entry to 
etc/PROBLEMS describing some workarounds.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Cc: David Robinow <drobinow <at> gmail.com>
Subject: ico bug on Windows
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:56:28 -0500

David Robinow <drobinow <at> gmail.com> has reported a build failure on MS
Visual Studio, apparently due to change in the Windows icon file format.

David Robinow <drobinow <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 fails at:
>
> rc -i../nt -Foobj-spd/i386/emacs.res ../nt/emacs.rc
> ../nt/emacs.rc(1) : error RC2176 : old DIB in icons\emacs.ico; pass it
> through SDKPAINT
>
> This error has been present ever since the new icon was added.  I'd
> forgotten about it since I reverted to the Emacs 22 icon for my daily
> builds.  I don't know a good fix.

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