Re: [rdiff-backup-users] bug/crash on read-only file in incremental backup

[Josh Nisly]

The old executable also relied on an external DLL - MSVCR71.dll, IIRC. 
It was just that 95% of Windows systems had it installed. When I bundled 
rdiff-backup as part of a larger application, I was forced to include 
the dll, as some clients didn't have it installed. The problem here is 
that the dll is new enough that few systems have it installed.

I fought with this problem for a while on my own application, without 
realizing that it also applied to rdiff-backup. The problem is made 
worse by the fact that there are two versions of the dlls in question - 
one that ship with VS2008 pre-SP1, and another that ship with SP1. 
VS2008 by default links to the older version of the libraries, but woe 
be unto you if you try to specify a manifest for the new version of the 
libraries, while using the older...

JoshN

Andrew Ferguson wrote:
> On Dec 20, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Marco Perego wrote:
>
> > I've tried on:
> > - VMWare 1.0.6 Guest Machine running on 64bit Gentoo Linux - Windows 
> > XP Professional SP3, 32 bit, Italian, Version 5.1.2600
> > - Physical machine - Windows XP Professional SP3, 32 bit, Italian, 
> > Version 5.1.2600
> > - Phisical machine - Windows Vista SP1, 32 bit, Italian, Version 
> > 6.0.6001
>
>
> Hi Erwin and Marco,
>
> For now, it looks like you can install the Visual C++ 2008 
> redistributable package (1.7mb):
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en 
>
>
> If that link doesn't work, look for vcredist_x86.exe on microsoft.com
>
>
> I've asked on the py2exe mailing list if it's possible to include the 
> VS2008 runtime in the .exe. From what I can read online, the move to 
> VS2008 in Python 2.6.1 (which we need to use, as it supports files > 
> 4gb) has created a lot of complications.
>
>
> Andrew