[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1428: WinGRASS + how to deliver Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (vcredist)?

[GRASS GIS]

#1428: WinGRASS + how to deliver Microsoft Visual C++  Redistributable Package
(vcredist)?
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 Reporter:  dhastings     |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  blocker       |   Milestone:  6.4.3                    
Component:  Installation  |     Version:  6.4.3 RCs                
 Keywords:  wingrass      |    Platform:  MSWindows 7              
      Cpu:  x86-64        |  
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Comment(by hamish):

 >> I didn't see anything about the 2008 installer.

 (it was there, I must have clicked past it)

 I'm not sure where/what files those three installers actually provide.
 How to access the install/uninstall file manifest?
 (searching for the 80 and 90 dlls, I don't see them)


 I tried to make the d/l option more urgent sounding, maybe we could
 add another page with another warning and a chance to go back if the
 user decided not to install them? Without them the startup failure
 is really ugly.


 >> compile a tiny program depending on them and have it run as part
 >> of the startup script and fail with a more informative error message
 >
 > ... a tiny program/test would be nice ... any hints?

 (no idea)


 >> (what depends on gdal18.dll and gdal15.dll? can we leave them out
 >> saving 10mb?)
 >
 > ...backward compatibility

 ? I wonder if there's a way to batch run the Dependency Walker program
 to dump to a file so we can do `grep | cut | sort | uniq` to see what
 ones are really needed. I suspect the above aren't any more.


 Hamish

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