wxMSW 2.8.0rc1 fails when building widgets sample

[Alicia da Conceicao]

Greetings:

I was able successfully the build wxWdigets 2.8.0rc1 libraries for wxMSW
2.8.0rc1 with Microsoft VC++ 6.0 using the following command:

nmake -f makefile.vc BUILD=release MONOLITHIC=1 USE_HTML=1 UNICODE=0
SHARED=0 USE_XRC=1 MSLU=0 USE_OPENGL=1

However, when I attempt to build the samples with the same command, it
fails at the "widgets" sample build with the following error below.

This is clearly a fault with the Microsoft VC++ 6.0 compiler.  But I was
wondering if there is any work around or patches for wxMSW 2.8.0rc1
that would prevent the compiler error.

Alicia.

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cd widgets
NMAKE -f makefile.vc CC="cl" CXX="cl" CFLAGS="" CXXFLAGS=""
CPPFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" CPP="cl /EP /nologo" SHARED="0"  WXUNIV="0"
UNICODE="0" MSLU="0" BUILD="release"  TARGET_CPU=""
DEBUG_INFO="default"  DEBUG_FLAG="default"
DEBUG_RUNTIME_LIBS="default"  MONOLITHIC="1" USE_GUI="1" USE_HTML="1"
USE_MEDIA="1" USE_XRC="1" USE_AUI="1"  USE_RICHTEXT="1" USE_OPENGL="1"
 USE_ODBC="0" USE_QA="1"  USE_EXCEPTIONS="1" USE_RTTI="1"
USE_THREADS="1" USE_GDIPLUS="0"  OFFICIAL_BUILD="0" VENDOR="custom"
WX_FLAVOUR="" WX_LIB_FLAVOUR="" CFG=""  CPPUNIT_CFLAGS=""
CPPUNIT_LIBS=""  RUNTIME_LIBS="dynamic" all

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

cl /c /nologo /TP /Fovc_msw\widgets_bmpcombobox.obj /MD /DWIN32
/Fdvc_msw\widgets.pdb   /O2  /D__WXMSW__
/I.\..\..\lib\vc_lib\msw /I.\..\..\include /W4 /I.   /D_WINDOWS
/I.\..\..\samples /DNOPCH /GR /EHsc    .\bmpcombob
ox.cpp bmpcombobox.cpp
.\bmpcombobox.cpp(404) : fatal error C1001: INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR
        (compiler file 'msc1.cpp', line 1786)
         Please choose the Technical Support command on the Visual C++
         Help menu, or open the Technical Support help file for more information

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\opt\win32\vc98\bin\NMAKE.EXE' : return code '0x2'

Stop.
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