On 16/11/2007, Andrew Coppin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sebastian Sylvan wrote: > > On Nov 15, 2007 6:56 PM, Andrew Coppin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I notice that in GHC 6.8.1, if I compile a runnably program, as well as > >> generating foo.exe, GHC now also generates a file foo.exe.manifest, > >> which appears to contain some kind of XML data. Anybody know anything > >> about this mysterious file? > >> > > > > I think it's a Windows Vista Manifest (used to let the OS know what > > user privileges are required to run the application). > > > > Ah, right. That makes sense... >
Not just Windows Vista. Applications and DLLs compiled with Visual Studio 2005 (Express or full version) seem to need it to run on XP as well. Basically it contains a list of *exactly* which libraries were used to link the application, as well as permissions. It's alleged to eliminate DLL hell (which it does by replacing it with Manifest hell). _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
