On 23 September 2010 02:26, Ryan Ramage <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, > > Kia ora and thanks! > > I have successfully installed and run the test suite on a winXP machine. > > I have tried it on a Vista machine and the setup failed with the > following dialog: > > "Unable to execute file: C:\Program Files\Apache Software > Foundation\CouchDB-trunk\Install.exe > > CreateProcess failed; code 14001. > The application has failed to start because its side-by-side > configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for > more detail." > > I checked the Window event log and this was the message: > > "Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\Apache > Software Foundation\CouchDB-trunk\Install.exe".Error in manifest or > policy file "C:\Program Files\Apache Software > Foundation\CouchDB-trunk\Install.exe" on line 17. Multiple > requestedPrivileges elements are not allowed in manifest." > > > I am happy to run with the XP machine for now, and just wanted to > provide you feedback for the Vista failure. > > Ryan
yup that's the error :-(. There seem to be 2 issues possibly related - What happens first is that the installer isn't doesn't extract the erlang bin folder, then later on the SxS error turns up. I understand now *why* the error occurs but don't see what needs to be done to fix it just yet. Thanks Dave > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Dave Cottlehuber <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 22 September 2010 19:56, Tyler Gillies <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Dave Cottlehuber <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Ryan >>>> >>>> I can whip one of these up for you, I had considered doing it a few >>>> days ago. Gimme a few hours & I'll get back to you. Caveat - I'm not >>>> across trunk so this might not work at all. but your feedback will be >>>> really valuable either way. >> >> Ryan - done, however as I've not got my usual build box, only a 32bit >> XP workstation, there are 2 points- >> >> #1 first you need to install vcredist_x86 from vc++2008sp1 - >> http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/d/9/dd9a82d0-52ef-40db-8dab-795376989c03/vcredist_x86.exe >> #2 The binaries work fine on 32bit OS, but are missing the SxS >> manifests & the installer failed silently on my test 64bit windows 7 >> VM. I've not had to resolve this manifest type issue before so could >> take me a few days to get my head around what this actually means. >> Help appreciated if you can! >> >> the bits are curlable - >> >> curl -#LO >> https://s3.amazonaws.com/couchdb_release/setup-couchdb-1.1.0a83bc042-git_otp_R14B.exe >> >> there's a number of other bits in here if you need them, all homegrown. >> >> 6358391 2010-09-22 11:27:29 curl-7.21.1_compiled.zip >> 50520371 2010-09-22 11:27:30 otp_win32_R13B04.exe >> 48601908 2010-09-22 11:27:31 otp_win32_R14A.exe >> 50725936 2010-09-22 11:29:21 otp_win32_R14B.exe >> 14997088 2010-09-22 11:27:30 seamonkey-2.0.6_compiled.zip >> 52609367 2010-09-22 11:27:33 setup-couchdb-1.0.1_otp_R14A.exe >> 60 2010-09-22 11:27:39 setup-couchdb-1.0.1_otp_R14A.exe.md5 >> 68 2010-09-22 11:27:38 setup-couchdb-1.0.1_otp_R14A.exe.sha >> 55303291 2010-09-22 11:15:33 >> setup-couchdb-1.1.0a83bc042-git_otp_R14B.exe >> 72 2010-09-22 11:15:06 >> setup-couchdb-1.1.0a83bc042-git_otp_R14B.exe.md5 >> 80 2010-09-22 11:15:07 >> setup-couchdb-1.1.0a83bc042-git_otp_R14B.exe.sha >> >>> What does 'across trunk' mean? >> >> Tyler - sorry, newzealand speak = follow closely, understand the >> changes, is aware of it. I'm saying >> I can do a build (monkey see monkey do) but I can't tell you if the >> current state of trunk >> is clean & runs successfully including the functionality Ryan's >> requesting. YMMV / caveat coder. >> >> cheers >> Dave >> >
