On 01/18/2017 10:59 AM, eryk sun wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 6:23 AM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: >> Not everyone has run Windows update since the current runtime was released. > > Python's installer tries (and sometimes fails) to install the > KB2999226 update, which installs an old version of the Universal CRT. > Some installers instead bundle the VC++ redistributable, which > includes KB2999226, but that would be overkill for CPython. I thought > we could phase this out in 3.6 to instead require an up-to-date OS. If > people need offline updates, as opposed to using Windows update, it's > better to get the most recent version directly from Microsoft, > KB3118401 [1]. Steve Dower disagreed, and that's the end of it. > > As to the loader returning STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_FORMAT (0xC000007B), I > would run the executable/script under a debugger such as WinDbg or > cdb, with loader snaps enabled via gflags. Find the troublesome > DLL(s), and manually resolve the problem. > > [1]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3118401 >
Thanks for the clarifications, Erik. Appreciate it. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
