The goal of this task is the implementing correct solution to fix issue described in Haiku Trac as ticket #726. This is a coding task, for this task you will need to have a Haiku build environment setup, and be able to compile Haiku to test to see if your fix works.

Requirements:

• Install Haiku either on real hardware or in Virtual Machine (BTW, I can assist installing VirtualBox so it is obviously recommended by me);
• Take familiar with the problem you should fix;
• Get the Haiku source tree build it and find solution to fix the problem;
• After completing this task, please provide me with the patch implementing your fix.

Resources:

Haiku Images (required developer tools are included) http://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku

Ticket "ICO Translator doesn't reject bad input bitmaps in Identify" http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/726

Getting and building Haiku sources: http://www.haiku-os.org/guides/building

Varios Haiku development resources: http://www.haiku-os.org/development

Haiku Coding Guidelines: https://www.haiku-os.org/development/coding-guidelines

Good luck!