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Subject: bug#8562: Emacs 23.1 and later don't work in windows 98
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> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:59:57 +0100
> From: oslsachem <oslsachem@gmail.com>
> Cc: 8562@debbugs.gnu.org
>=20
> > Maybe. =A0But since we are in a pretest, I opted for a safer solu=
tion:
> > add a similar test to runemacs. =A0The patch is below; please try
> > applying it to the current trunk of Emacs 24. =A0If it works, I w=
ill
> > commit it.
>=20
> "This is GNU Emacs 24.0.91.1 (i386-mingw-windows98.2222) [...]"
>=20
> As far as I can tell, the patched Emacs works flawlessly:

Thanks.  I committed those changes, which completes the solution for
this problem.

This bug is now officially closed.  Thanks so much for all your help
during the work on the solution.