Good source for msvcr71?

[Dan Kegel]

I finally ran into an app that wanted msvcr71
but didn't bundle it (supercopyright).
After a few minutes of looking, I couldn't find it
anywhere on microsoft.com.  The best source
I could find was the installer for spambayes 1.1,
but that's inconvenient.  Anyone know a better source,
preferably at microsoft.com?
I'd like to add it to winetricks.

Thanks,
Dan

[Dmitry Timoshkov]

"Dan Kegel"  wrote:
> I finally ran into an app that wanted msvcr71
> but didn't bundle it (supercopyright).
> After a few minutes of looking, I couldn't find it
> anywhere on microsoft.com.  The best source
> I could find was the installer for spambayes 1.1,
> but that's inconvenient.  Anyone know a better source,
> preferably at microsoft.com?
> I'd like to add it to winetricks.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/abx4dbyh(VS.71).aspx

<quote>
What is the difference between msvcrt.dll and msvcr71.dll?

The msvcrt.dll is now a "known DLL," meaning that it is a system component
owned and built by Windows. It is intended for future use only by system-level
components. 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.dll in its application directory with the program executable.
</quote>

So, it seems like Microsoft suggests to always distribute its own copy of
msvcr71.dll with every application. That means that it's unlikely that
Microsoft will provide an installer for it on microsoft.com.

Just an idea, can we build our mozilla dlls so that the build includes
msvcr71.dll?

[Dan Kegel]

On Jan 15, 2008 12:39 AM, Dmitry Timoshkov  wrote:
> > Anyone know a better source [for msvcr71],
> > preferably at microsoft.com?
> > I'd like to add it to winetricks.
>
> ... it seems like Microsoft suggests to always distribute its own copy of
> msvcr71.dll with every application. That means that it's unlikely that
> Microsoft will provide an installer for it on microsoft.com.

Indeed.   But it means it's very likely that *some app* at microsoft.com
is bundled with it.
> Just an idea, can we build our mozilla dlls so that the build includes
> msvcr71.dll?

Sure, if we build gecko with visual studio 2003, it'll have to come with one.
We might also find ourselves needing to bundle a few more windows binaries
with Wine someday, and those might happen to require other redistributables
(e.g. mfc42).
- Dan

[Dmitry Timoshkov]

"Dan Kegel"  wrote:
> > Just an idea, can we build our mozilla dlls so that the build includes
> > msvcr71.dll?
>
> Sure, if we build gecko with visual studio 2003, it'll have to come with one.

cl.exe from the Vista PSDK produces .exe files with a MSVCR80.dll dependency,
perhaps a compiler bundled with one of older PSDKs created executables for
msvcr71.dll, or one of free microsoft compilers.

[Alexandre Julliard]

"Dmitry Timoshkov"  writes:
> So, it seems like Microsoft suggests to always distribute its own copy of
> msvcr71.dll with every application. That means that it's unlikely that
> Microsoft will provide an installer for it on microsoft.com.
>
> Just an idea, can we build our mozilla dlls so that the build includes
> msvcr71.dll?

There's no need for that, it should be fairly easy to write a builtin
msvcr71.