Any InnoSetup experts out there that have experience shipping a single installer that supports win32 and x64 targets? I'm currently at a loss at how to deal with the MSVC redistributable DLLs. On the x64 target we need the computer to have both the win32 and x64 redistributable packages for the version of MSVC I build with (which as been VC8.0 for the last week). The shell extension DLL needs the x64 versions and python needs the win32 versions (if I build Mercurial with MSVC for consistency).
I don't want to go back to including the redistributables in the installer, it would add quite a bit of bloat especially since VCS users usually have these libraries on their machines. My current thoughts on this subject are to make the installer look for the appropriate DLLs and not allow the install unless they are found. Do you all feel this would be acceptable installer behavior? The other approach I'm considering is packaging the shell extension in it's own micro MSI installer and including both win32 and x64 versions in the THG installer. That would allow us to install THG as a win32 app even on x64, and allow us to manage the DLL requirements in a somewhat sane fashion. As a side-benefit it provides a mechanism for people to use THG without the shell extension if they wish. There is some precedence for this, it's the exact mechanism we use for the win32 and x64 TortoiseOverlay packages. Looking for feedback, thanks. -- Steve Borho ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge conference! Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: $250. Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-discuss mailing list Tortoisehg-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss
