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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 4e96521: Mention in PROBLEMS an issue with MS-Win


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 4e96521: Mention in PROBLEMS an issue with MS-Windows NT4
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 09:24:31 +0000

branch: emacs-25
commit 4e96521948b74b8e91eb5a6bca18427f8243bc98
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>

    Mention in PROBLEMS an issue with MS-Windows NT4
    
    * etc/PROBLEMS (MS-Windows): Mention the problem with Shell32.dll
    on Windows NT4.  For the details, see
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg00835.html.
---
 etc/PROBLEMS |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 58faef2..7d78037 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -1966,6 +1966,13 @@ runtime shared library, distributed with Windows 9X.
 A workaround is to build Emacs with MinGW runtime 3.x (the latest
 version is 3.20).
 
+** addpm fails to run on Windows NT4, complaining about Shell32.dll
+
+This is likely to happen because Shell32.dll shipped with NT4 lacks
+the updates required by Emacs.  Installing Internet Explorer 4 solves
+the problem.  Note that it is NOT enough to install IE6, because doing
+so will not install the Shell32.dll update.
+
 ** A few seconds delay is seen at startup and for many file operations
 
 This happens when the Net Logon service is enabled.  During Emacs



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