[CMake] InstallRequiredSystemLibraries.cmake and Redistribution of the shared C runtime component in Visual C++

[John Drescher]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Clinton Stimpson<clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
> Bill Hoffman wrote:
>>
>> James Bigler wrote:
>>>
>>> I've just been bitten hard by this issue (many hours of frustration while
>>> attempting to run a demo application that should have "Just Worked" (TM) ).
>>>
>>> According to this page:
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326922
>>>
>>>
>>> "You should install these versions of the CRT on target computers by
>>> running the Vcredist_x86.exe application that is included with Visual
>>> Studio."  This is for the VS 2005 and 2008 versions of the C run-time
>>> libraries except for Windows 2000 in which case you need to install them in
>>> the system32 directory.
>>>
>>> I was dropping Msvcr80.dll and friends as per
>>> InstallRequiredSystemLibraries next to the binaries with ineffectual
>>> results.  It was really strange, because programs like Dependency Walker
>>> seemed to find them just fine.  It was only after running vcredist_x86.exe
>>> that I was able to run my programs properly.
>>>
>>> I though I should tell everyone that this method of distributing
>>> Msvcr80.dll and Msvcr90.dll next to your binaries is not supposed to work.
>>>  You must install them into the Windows Side by Side location (WinSxS) using
>>> the CRT.msm merge module or the vcredist_x86.exe that comes with Visual
>>> Studio.
>>>
>>> Now to try and get CPack to tell NSIS run the vcredist_x86.exe program
>>> during installation.
>>>
>>> Note, that many people might get lucky and have already installed a
>>> product that installed the right vcredist_x86.exe before installing your
>>> software.
>>>
>>
>> No this works fine.... However you may be running into this issue:
>>
>> "
>> Visual Studio 9 SP 1 has a bug that will cause trouble with cpack.
>>
>>
>> You can read about it here:
>>
>>
>> https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=361682
>>
>>
>> Basically, when you compile an executable or dll with VS9 SP1 it embeds
>> manifest information into the the exe or dll that does not match the
>> version information in the manifest files that SP 1 provides for
>> redistribution.
>> "
>>
>> We use the InstallRequiredSystemLibraries all the time without requiring
>> vcredist_x86.exe to be run.
>>
> There are some cases it doesn't work (3rd party libraries you can't compile
> yourself).
> I don't have two installs of the same Visual Studio versions with different
> service packs, so, here's what I do.
>
>   IF(MSVC80)
>     FIND_PROGRAM(MSVC_REDIST NAMES
> vcredist_${CMAKE_MSVC_ARCH}/vcredist_${CMAKE_MSVC_ARCH}.exe
>       PATHS
>
> "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\8.0;InstallDir]/../../SDK/v2.0/BootStrapper/Packages/"
>
> "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\8.0;InstallDir]/../../SDK/v2.0/BootStrapper/Packages/"
>       )
>     GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(vcredist_name "${MSVC_REDIST}" NAME)
>     INSTALL(PROGRAMS ${MSVC_REDIST} COMPONENT Runtime DESTINATION bin)
>     SET(CPACK_NSIS_EXTRA_INSTALL_COMMANDS "ExecWait
> '\\\"$INSTDIR\\\\bin\\\\${vcredist_name}\\\"'")
>   ENDIF(MSVC80)
>
>

This worked for me after adding these lines before the above solution:

IF(CMAKE_CL_64)
     SET(CMAKE_MSVC_ARCH amd64)
   ELSE(CMAKE_CL_64)
     SET(CMAKE_MSVC_ARCH x86)
ENDIF(CMAKE_CL_64)

John