Thomas Heller wrote: > [CC to python-dev] > "Fuzzyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Python 2.4 is built with Microsoft Visiual C++ 7. This means that it > > uses msvcr7.dll, which *isn't* a standard part of the windows operating > > system. > > Nitpicking - it's MSVC 7.1, aka MS Visual Studio .NET 2003, and it's > msvcr71.dll. >
Sorry - my mistake ! > > This means that if you build a windows installer using > > distutils - it *requires* msvcr7.dll in order to run. This is true even > > if your package is a pure python package. This means that when someone > > tries to use a windows installer created with Python 2.4, on a machine > > with only python 2.3 - it will fail. > > Bummer. > > > It's likely that nothing can be done about this (although for a pure > > python package there's no reason not to use the 'source distribution' > > and the setup.py). It does mean that I have to build my windows > > installer on a machine with python 2.3. > > There's a workaround, although ugly. > [snip..] Yuck ! Distributing different versions of a pure python package :-) As I maintain a 2.3 machine as well, it's not too bad for me. I posted this mainly for the reference of others. Thanks for your reply Thomas. Regards, Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
