On Jan 15, 2008 12:39 AM, Dmitry Timoshkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Anyone know a better source [for msvcr71],
> > preferably at microsoft.com?
> > I'd like to add it to winetricks.
>
> ... it seems like Microsoft suggests to always distribute its own copy of
> msvcr71.dll with every application. That means that it's unlikely that
> Microsoft will provide an installer for it on microsoft.com.

Indeed.   But it means it's very likely that *some app* at microsoft.com
is bundled with it.

> Just an idea, can we build our mozilla dlls so that the build includes
> msvcr71.dll?

Sure, if we build gecko with visual studio 2003, it'll have to come with one.
We might also find ourselves needing to bundle a few more windows binaries
with Wine someday, and those might happen to require other redistributables
(e.g. mfc42).
- Dan


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