msvcp71.dll and Python 2.4

2006-01-16 Thread Taylor, Martin
Back on 8-Feb-05, "Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de  said:   >> "An application should use and redistribute msvcr71.dll, and it should>> avoid placing a copy or using an existing copy of msvcr71.dll in the>> system directory. Instead, the application should keep a copy of>> msvcr71.d

Re: msvcp71.dll and Python 2.4 C++ extensions

2005-02-08 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Matthias Baas wrote: I'm creating the installer via the distutils by calling "setup.py bdist_wininst". How can I configure distutils to have it create an installer that does the above things? Ah, I see. Unfortunately, bdist_wininst is not capable of doing a Windows logo compliant installation (with

Re: msvcp71.dll and Python 2.4 C++ extensions

2005-02-01 Thread Matthias Baas
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:14:30 +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> are there any guidelines about what to do if a Windows extension for >> Python 2.4 requires the C++ runtime (msvcp71.dll)? > >No; it should "just work fine". [...] I fully agree with that. :) And that was actuall

Re: msvcp71.dll and Python 2.4 C++ extensions

2005-01-31 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Matthias Baas wrote: are there any guidelines about what to do if a Windows extension for Python 2.4 requires the C++ runtime (msvcp71.dll)? No; it should "just work fine". The standard guidelines apply, of course: never try to mix different versions of similar DLLs. If I want to distribute a bin

msvcp71.dll and Python 2.4 C++ extensions

2005-01-31 Thread Matthias Baas
Hi, are there any guidelines about what to do if a Windows extension for Python 2.4 requires the C++ runtime (msvcp71.dll)? If I want to distribute a binary installer of an extension that contains C++ code, should I really include the msvcp71.dll in the package? It doesn't sound like a good idea