refactor(core): statically link vcruntime, closes #4122 (#4227)

Author: lucasfernog

.changes/static-vcruntime.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"tauri-build": patch
+"tauri-bundler": patch
+"cli.rs": patch
+"cli.js": patch
+---
+
+Statically link the Visual C++ runtime instead of using a merge module on the installer.

core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "codegen")]
 mod codegen;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+mod static_vcruntime;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "codegen")]
 #[cfg_attr(doc_cfg, doc(cfg(feature = "codegen")))]
@@ -184,6 +186,9 @@ pub fn try_build(attributes: Attributes) -> Result<()> {
     )?)?
   };
 
+  #[cfg(windows)]
+  static_vcruntime::build();
+
   cfg_alias("dev", !has_feature("custom-protocol"));
 
   let mut manifest = Manifest::from_path("Cargo.toml")?;

core/tauri-build/src/static_vcruntime.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright 2019-2021 Tauri Programme within The Commons Conservancy
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+// taken from https://github.com/ChrisDenton/static_vcruntime/
+// we're not using static_vcruntime directly because we want this for debug builds too
+
+use std::{env, fs, io::Write, path::Path};
+
+pub fn build() {
+  // Early exit if not msvc or release
+  if env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ENV").as_deref() != Ok("msvc") {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  override_msvcrt_lib();
+
+  // Disable conflicting libraries that aren't hard coded by Rust.
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:libvcruntimed.lib");
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:vcruntime.lib");
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:vcruntimed.lib");
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:libcmtd.lib");
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:msvcrt.lib");
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:msvcrtd.lib");
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:libucrt.lib");
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:libucrtd.lib");
+  // Set the libraries we want.
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/DEFAULTLIB:libcmt.lib");
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/DEFAULTLIB:libvcruntime.lib");
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/DEFAULTLIB:ucrt.lib");
+}
+
+/// Override the hard-coded msvcrt.lib by replacing it with a (mostly) empty object file.
+fn override_msvcrt_lib() {
+  // Get the right machine type for the empty library.
+  let arch = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH");
+  let machine: &[u8] = if arch.as_deref() == Ok("x86_64") {
+    &[0x64, 0x86]
+  } else if arch.as_deref() == Ok("x86") {
+    &[0x4C, 0x01]
+  } else {
+    return;
+  };
+  let bytes: &[u8] = &[
+    1, 0, 94, 3, 96, 98, 60, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 132, 1, 46, 100, 114, 101, 99, 116, 118,
+    101, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 60, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+    10, 16, 0, 46, 100, 114, 101, 99, 116, 118, 101, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0,
+  ];
+
+  // Write the empty "msvcrt.lib" to the output directory.
+  let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
+  let path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("msvcrt.lib");
+  let f = fs::OpenOptions::new()
+    .write(true)
+    .create_new(true)
+    .open(&path);
+  if let Ok(mut f) = f {
+    f.write_all(machine).unwrap();
+    f.write_all(bytes).unwrap();
+  }
+  // Add the output directory to the native library path.
+  println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", out_dir);
+}

core/tests/app-updater/build.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-fn main() {
-  tauri_build::build()
-}
+fn main() {}

core/tests/app-updater/tests/update.rs

@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ fn get_cli_bin_path(cli_dir: &Path, debug: bool) -> Option<PathBuf> {
 fn build_app(cli_bin_path: &Path, cwd: &Path, config: &Config, bundle_updater: bool) {
   let mut command = Command::new(&cli_bin_path);
   command
-    .arg("build")
-    .arg("--debug")
+    .args(["build", "--debug", "--verbose"])
     .arg("--config")
     .arg(serde_json::to_string(config).unwrap())
     .current_dir(&cwd);

examples/updater/src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
                  SummaryCodepage="!(loc.TauriCodepage)"/>
 
         <!-- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/reinstallmode -->
-        <!-- reinstall if the file is missing or a different version is present; rewrite all registry entries; reinstall all shortcuts -->
-        <Property Id="REINSTALLMODE" Value="dmus" />
+        <!-- reinstall all files; rewrite all registry entries; reinstall all shortcuts -->
+        <Property Id="REINSTALLMODE" Value="amus" />
 
         {{#if allow_downgrades}}
             <MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades="yes" Schedule="afterInstallValidate" />

tooling/bundler/src/bundle/windows/templates/main.wxs

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ description = "Command line interface for building Tauri apps"
 include = [
   "src/",
   "/templates",
-  "MergeModules/",
   "scripts/",
   "*.json",
   "*.rs",