On 25 Jun 2012 at 9:55, Tom Judge wrote: > Hi Paul, > > On 24/06/2012 18:15, Paul Whelan wrote: > > What's the reason for the change in the packaging of the windows > > binaries? > > > > The windows binaries where packaged with custom shell script before, > now they are packaged by VisualStudio when we build them. > > The main reason for the change was to make maintaining the build > system going forwards mush simpler.
Thanks for this and your other answers Tom. > > The differences include: > > > > Creation of a msi install in place of the previously zipped > > executables and libraries > > VisualStudio does not have a target to build a ZIP file, we could also > build a cab file if this would help. Yes please - something like that so I don't have to go through a full install process each time. > > Exclusion of the necessary msvc* runtime libraries > > The inclusion of them helps lower the barrier to entry for people to > try ClamAV on windows. I didn't find them in the install directory as before so I thought they weren't included. I see from another answer that they are included conditionally on install. That's not so easy for those who have a number of machines to update - hence the request for zip/cab above. paul _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
