[X2Go-Dev] @Alex, @Mike - more info - BUG REPORT - X2Go Client 3.99.2.1-rc2 does not work on Windows XP

[Oleksandr Shneyder]

Am 19.04.2012 11:01, schrieb Stefan Baur:

> 
>> I've build this version on our new build server (W7) installed by
>> Mike(thank you once again, Mike). This is a release build, not debug. I
>> have no Windows XP to try it.
> 
> I experimented a bit:
> It takes two files from
> http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=pyhoca-contrib.git;a=tree;f=mswin/ms-vc-runtime;hb=74ed44ebd5f59d0eb28c89ede0beca711416089a
> 
> 
> Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest
> msvcr90.dll
> 
> If I copy these into the x2goclient directory, the new client works (as
> in, starts up - haven't tried connecting yet) on XP, too.
> 
> What's strange is that the other two DLL files are not needed even
> though they are referenced in the manifest file.
> 
> @Alex + @Mike:
> Could you please work this out together?  I'm not sure if all that is
> needed is to include these files into the archive that the installer
> unpacks into the x2goclient folder, or if that is an ugly hack.
> 
> Daniel Lindgren wrote:
>> No problems running 3.99.2.1-rc2 on Windows XP. I have
>> VC2005/VC2008/VC2010 redists all installed.
> 
> So I guess the general question is: Can (=legal?) and should (=proper
> way of handling this issue?) we include the DLL/manifest files in the
> installer, or should we require the installation of the VC<something>
> redists/pull their official installer along and run it from within ours?
>  Requiring the redists/forching their install through our installer
> probably will break portable mode, though, as it will install the files
> to the system directory and not the x2go directory...
> 
> Further info:
> The last installer to run on XP without this hack is:
> x2goclient-3.99.2.0-rc2-setup.exe

This version was built under Windows XP. Recent versions are built under
Windows 7. I don't really like an Idea to provide msvcr90.dll with X2Go
Client. It seems, that binaries built under Windows XP working without
problem also on Windows 7. But I don't also like Idea to give up build
environment that Mike built and install WindowsXP instead. I don't
really know what is better.
Any ideas?

regards,
Alex
-- 
Oleksandr Shneyder
Dipl. Informatik
X2go Core Developer Team

email:  oleksandr.shneyder at obviously-nice.de
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