Re: Visual C++ 2005

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de]
> Sent: 21 April 2006 17:37
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Hiroshi Saito; pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Visual C++ 2005
>
> > Ah, now that I didn't know. So, you're expected to distribute the
> > entire .NET Framework just to get msvcrt8.dll (or whatever)? Urgh.
>
> Somewhat. Those dlls are expected in
> Windows\WinSxS\something. I suspect that pgAdmin *would* work
> if we just shipped that DLL side by side though, but I'm wary.

I'm not so sure it's a problem - from Visual Studio's redist.txt:

For your convenience, we have provided the following folders for use
when redistributing VC++ runtime files. Subject to the license terms for
the software, you may redistribute the folder (unmodified) in the
application local folder as a sub-folder with no change to the folder
name. You may also redistribute all the files (*.dll and *.manifest)
within a folder, listed below the folder for your convenience, as an
entire set.

<snip ATL stuff>

\VC\redist\x86\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\
msvcm80.dll
msvcp80.dll
msvcr80.dll
Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest

\VC\redist\ia64\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\
msvcm80.dll
msvcp80.dll
msvcr80.dll
Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest

\VC\redist\amd64\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\
msvcm80.dll
msvcp80.dll
msvcr80.dll
Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest

I'll try a test build in a clean Win2K VM and report back....

Regards, Dave.

Dave Page wrote:
>

> I'm not so sure it's a problem - from Visual Studio's redist.txt:
>
> For your convenience, we have provided the following folders for use
> when redistributing VC++ runtime files. Subject to the license terms for
> the software, you may redistribute the folder (unmodified) in the
> application local folder as a sub-folder with no change to the folder
> name.
Sounds like distri bloating, for no benefit.

Best would be if this manifest stuff could be omitted totally; we
probably could link to the old msvcrt then.

Regards,
Andreas