On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Peer Sommerlund<peer.sommerl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2009/6/20 Steve Borho <st...@borho.org> >> >> 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? > > If it is a rare event that these DLL are missing, then it should be fine. > When aborting it would be nice if it included an URL for a location where > you could download them (or a google search term). >> >> 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. > > I don't understand what you are proposing, but this is probably because I'm > using a 32-bit Windows. > Do you want to distribute THG as two parts? > (a) hgtk_and_everything_else_setup.exe (win32) > (b) thg_overlay_setup.exe (win32 + x64, includes tortoiseoverlay.msi, > depends on (a) ) > That would be a degration for users wanting a GUI interface to hg, since > they have to run two installers. > Is it possible to make a wrapper-installer, similar to what we do with > TortoiseOverlays? Eg. a x64 installer which runs a win32 installer? From > quickly skimming the Inno Setup documentation I get the impression that the > difference between 32 and 64 bit is that the installer variables are > initialized differently. Script commands (and in particular inline > installers) does not look like they are affected. > As a Windows user I would rather download one 30 MB installer and pick which > parts I wanted to install, than download 4 installers each 8MB, and possibly > having to think about which 3 was really necessary. How should we ensure > that the correct versions of the 8MB installers are used? Is it allowed to > freely mix them?
I meant to include both the win32 and x64 shell extension mini-installers inside the main TortoiseHg installer. It would probably automatically chose the shell extension to install. -- 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
