[issue16111] Python 2.7.3 Windows MSI installer installs the VC++ 9 dlls directly to WinSxS folder
Changes by Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de: -- resolution: - not a bug status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue16111 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue16111] Python 2.7.3 Windows MSI installer installs the VC++ 9 dlls directly to WinSxS folder
Mark Lawrence added the comment: Given the comments in msg194081 can we close this as not a bug? -- components: +Windows nosy: +BreamoreBoy, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue16111 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue16111] Python 2.7.3 Windows MSI installer installs the VC++ 9 dlls directly to WinSxS folder
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: This is not true. Installing the modules into the SxS folder using the Merge Module (msm) is also a recommended way of installing the DLLs. I fail to see a problem in this report. -- nosy: +loewis ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue16111 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue16111] Python 2.7.3 Windows MSI installer installs the VC++ 9 dlls directly to WinSxS folder
New submission from Ganesh R.: Python 2.7.3 Windows MSI installer installs the VC++ 9 dlls directly to WinSxS folder. The recommended way to distribute VC++ dlls is to either install the VC++ Redistributable as a pre-requisite or just add the dll to local folder. Directly installing the VC++ dlls to the WinSxS is not a recommended practice and can lead to problems. I am not sure if it even checks if the dll is present in the WinSxS folder. The dll shipped with Python is the RTM version. SP1 and later many security fixes were released by Microsoft. But python has not upgraded the dll. Also many machines have VC++ already installed and of higher version. So there is a manifest file that redirects all requests to a newer version. So adding an older file is futile. -- components: Installation messages: 171820 nosy: freaksterrao priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Python 2.7.3 Windows MSI installer installs the VC++ 9 dlls directly to WinSxS folder type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue16111 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
