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Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer #45910
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The 3.0a2 installer requires the user to install the VS CRT library |
I tried running vcredist from within the python MSI. That aborts with |
As taken from http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/ "Hi Didier - You should not try to install this vcredist package using vcredist 8 information: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/ Some hints on how to redistribute vc++ libraries: http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2007/10/12/how-to-redistribute-the- |
asmodai, which details in these postings are you referring to |
The hints that the vcredist cannot/should not be installed nested, but I have no idea of the level of Windows development of people, but at |
So how do I do chaining if I can only ship a single MSI file (which is
I don't think using vcredist can work at all. I would be happy to
Which way specifically are you referring to? Using Visual Studio? |
OK, I played around a bit and created a setup project (.vdproj file). The relevant part for the merge modules is:
One thing I read is that these setup projects (and perhaps the merge Let me know if I should attach my .vdproj, right now it is hardcoded in catalog.21023.08.Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86.RTM.0138F525_6C8A_333F_A105_14AE030B9A54 So on that front I think it is a mission accomplished, now to tweak and |
Please do attach the project. I can't quite understand what it is that |
Hi Martin, yes, that's exactly what I am saying actually. :) This is the resulting file I created: Python26.msi In pcbuild.sln this entry was added: Project("{54435603-DBB4-11D2-8724-00A0C9A8B90C}") = "Python26", The Python26.vdproj is attached. More work needs to be done, of course, but I merely wanted a proof of |
Ok, I never doubted VS can do merge modules (what else if not VS could |
As far as I understood recent commits Martin has figured out how to |
Correct. This is now fixed. |
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