Yes, actually we can just get MSVC71.dll from the system32 directory at least from XP, but as for other windows versions I am not sure the exact version of MSVC DLL. So is it ok if we do not explicitly get it but use it while linking by the search path of the os system just like other kernel32.dll?
On 12/20/06, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: >> Do we really need to download this dll? Everyone who has the MSVC >> installed should have it, right? > > I don't care if it's downloaded, linked or magically generated out of > looking into tea leaves, the problem is that the build needs manual > intervention and this is not documented anywhere. > > We need to make sure that what we say you need to do is *only* what you > need to do. Every other (undocumented step) is annoying and slows our > community development down. Yeah, I get it. My point is that I'm still not convinced we need this to be downloaded... So do we? geir > >> geir >> >> >> Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: >>> Tim Ellison wrote: >>>> Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: >>>>> Mark Hindess wrote: >>>>>> I tried doing fetch-depends before rebuild but it would fail or >>>>>> corrupt >>>>>> dependencies often enough that it caused more trouble than it solved. >>>>>> I can try it again I suppose - IIRC it was ibiblio that was the main >>>>>> problem and that might have been a temporary issue. >>>>> People, you do realize that if fetch-depends breaks that often we >>>>> have a >>>>> bigger problem than just dealing with faulty updates? >>>>> >>>>> Imagine that every time fetch-depends doesn't work we lose the ability >>>>> for some guy out there to contribute something to us. >>>>> >>>>> This is, from a community building perspective, a *way* bigger problem >>>>> than if the JVM ran at all after it compiled!! >>>> I remember the discussion over the msvcr71.dll download. Have there been >>>> other problems? >>> it's still not fixed! >>> > >
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