On 19-02-2010 21:00, Adrian Buehlmann wrote:
> If a pyd doesn't have a manifest requesting a specific version
> of a dll it depends on, then I would say you get whatever version is
> installed on that system (I guess from C:Windows\WinSxS), if you load
> it into dependency walker.
> 
> So, inferring from what's loaded into dependency walker, that a pyd
> "requires" a specific version of another dll, is incorrect.

I agree.

> But of course a pyd without a manifest may still have version
> requirements on other dll's -- as Sune pointed out on irc.
> But I guess this would then have to be noted in documentation
> or the like (since there will be no information in the pyd
> itself about that fact).

Yeah, it's sort of a mess... once figured out, the correct manifests
should be put in, though, to ensure maximum interoperability :)

/Sune

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