On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 23:45 +0200, Pavel Vozenilek wrote:
> > Test please
> 
> Will you create a binary installation for Win32, 
> something what requires just a C++ compiler
> and nothing else?

Yes, that can be done by providing an MSI package ..
.. though it is very hard to test.

The product I'm using is AdvancedInstaller .. free demo
version. Whilst it is quite good, it isn't the paid-for
professional version. There are two choices:

* create a new package from scratch every time and risk
missing a directory

* modify an old package, and risk missing a file

The installer tracks all the files to be installed,
and uses a GUI .. not command line .. to manage the
list. Editing it by hand is very time consuming and
unreliable.

Creating a new package automatically grabs all the
files in each specified directory so it is more
reliable, provided the list of directories
is right.

Also MSI is not the preferred way for Win64 .. and
probably won't work on my XP64 box because there is no
installed C library on XP64. It has to be shipped with
every package, and the Felix libs have to have embedded
manifest things. Sigh. MS is not forthcoming on how
to make that work from the command line. 

Also, I can only provide amd64 version .. probably
work with the Intel clone too, but I don't have
an ia64.

So .. yes one should be made but I don't want to do it
more than once .. which means it needs to be tested
first. 

Installing Ocaml and Python on Win32 boxes isn't that
hard .. getting the environment set up for C++ compiler
is much harder even using the VSxxxx provided command prompts,
especially on Win64 where half the runtime (like 64 bit
winsock) is either missing or dang hard to find.. the
manifesty thing again I suppose.


-- 
John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net


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