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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>FYI, here is the output from running sxstrace.exe and attempting
to execute gdalinfo.exe. I haven't tried to determine what this means yet. (At
first glance, I am wondering why Windows is trying to probe for .NET assemblies
in the first place, since I expected that GDAL would not contain any. But then
this is Vista, so all bets are off…)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'>=================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'>Begin Activation Context Generation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'>Input Parameter:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> Flags = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> ProcessorArchitecture = x86<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> CultureFallBacks = en-US;en<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> ManifestPath = C:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin\geos_c.dll<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> AssemblyDirectory = C:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin\<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> Application Config File = <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'>-----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'>INFO: Parsing Manifest File C:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin\geos_c.dll.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is (null).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Reference: Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'>INFO: Resolving reference
Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture x86.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Resolving reference for culture Neutral.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Applying Binding Policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: No publisher policy found.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: No binding policy redirect found.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Begin assembly probing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at
C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\9.0.21022.8__1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.DLL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at
C:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.DLL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at
C:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.MANIFEST.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at
C:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.DLL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at
C:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.MANIFEST.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: Did not find manifest for culture
Neutral.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> INFO: End assembly probing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'> ERROR: Cannot resolve reference
Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'>ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#003399'>End Activation Context Generation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
gdal-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Jason Roberts<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 15, 2008 5:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gdal-dev] GDAL 1.6.0 DLL Hell problem on Windows Vista?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>Greetings GDAL developers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>I cannot get GDAL 1.6.0 to work on Windows Vista SP1. It appears
that there is a DLL Hell problem that does not appear on XP SP3, at least with
my machines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>Repro steps on Vista SP1:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>Download <a
href="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/gdal/win32/1.6/gdalwin32exe160.zip">ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/gdal/win32/1.6/gdalwin32exe160.zip</a>
and decompress to C:\gdalwin32-1.6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>From cmd.exe shell:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'>SET
PATH=C:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin;%PATH%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'>SET
GDAL_DATA=C:\gdalwin32-1.6\data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'>C:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin\gdalinfo.exe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>Receive the following dialog box:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>gdalinfo.exe - Application Error<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150002).
Click OK to terminate the application. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>OK <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'>The event log contains a new event: Source = SideBySide, Event
ID = 33, Description = </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Activation
context generation failed for "C:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin\geos_c.dll".
Dependent Assembly
Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8"
could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'>Running depends.exe on
C:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin\geos_c.dll gives the error "</span><b><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:red'> Error:
The Side-by-Side configuration information for
"c:\gdalwin32-1.6\bin\GEOS_C.DLL" contains errors. The application
has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please
see the application event log for more detail (14001).</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'>"
Looking in the event log again, we have another instance of the event above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'>This looks like a classic DLL
Hell problem, with Vista thrown in just to make it more confusing. Please let
me know if I've somehow messed up the install or am missing something obvious.
Apologies if I am…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'>I will investigate a bit
further, but not being a GDAL developer, I do not know which compilers you use,
how you intend to link to MSVCRT, etc. If the GDAL "build guy" could
look at this, I'd really appreciate it. If you send private builds, I can try
them out with quick turnaround.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'>Thanks for your help,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'>Jason<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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