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

[j s]

I don't believe that to be the case with Visual Express 2008.  I don't know
how previous editions work.
**
*Can I use Express Editions for commercial use?*

   1.

   Yes, there are no licensing restrictions for applications built using
   Visual Studio Express Editions.

http://www.microsoft.com/express/support/faq/

Juan



On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:33 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> Hold on there...
>
> The Express editions are not meant to build redistributable binaries.
> They're meant for personal use: i.e. -- each user compiles his own code. I'm
> pretty sure it's a violation of the Express edition license agreement to
> build binaries for other people. You need at least the "Standard" edition of
> VS to get that capability.
>
>
> HTH,
> David
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Mike Jackson <mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
> > wrote:
>
>>  On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:06 PM, James Bigler<jamesbigler at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Mike Jackson <
>> mike.jackson at bluequartz.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Marcus D. Hanwell<marcus at cryos.org>
>> wrote:
>> >> > James Bigler wrote:
>> >> >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Bill Hoffman
>> >> >> <bill.hoffman at kitware.com <mailto:bill.hoffman at kitware.com>> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     James Bigler wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>         Well, I was using VS 2005 64 bit with SP 1.  I wonder if
>> there
>> >> >>         is a similar bug or if there is something else going wrong
>> >> >>         such as what Marcus Hanwall described.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     I am not sure what your issue is, but I know I have done this
>> many
>> >> >>     times...
>> >> >>
>> >> >>     -Bill
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I checked the version numbers of the DLLs, and even checked the
>> md5sum
>> >> >> and everything was the same between the dlls in the WinSxS folder
>> and
>> >> >> the ones I'm distributing.  It failed on two clean systems without
>> the
>> >> >> vcredist install.  I guess I'll run vcredist as Microsoft suggests
>> and
>> >> >> see if I can trouble shoot later.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It is a rather perplexing problem.
>> >> >>
>> >> > The link Bill supplied has all of the relevant information. In the
>> >> > "Community Discussion" section the second comment provides three
>> >> > possible workarounds. We are using the third of those when
>> distributing
>> >> > Avogadro packages for Windows. The version mismatch in the manifests
>> of
>> >> > the compiled executables and the manifest with the redistributable
>> DLLs
>> >> > is what causes the issue.
>> >> >
>> >> > It seems that MS has no intention of fixing this issue. We have a
>> clean
>> >> > VM where we test new installers, as occasionally this change was lost
>> >> > and the DLLs failed to load.
>> >> >
>> >> > Marcus
>> >>
>> >> Ok, so I too have run into this problem. What is anyone doing to get
>> >> around this issue?
>> >>
>> >> I would really like a solution that did NOT involve editing anything
>> >> from VC++ install as I would have to pass those instructions on to the
>> >> next Developer. Clinton's posting about including the VCRedist.exe in
>> >> the NSIS installer is OK by me. Is that what everyone else is doing?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> --
>> >> Mike Jackson
>> >
>> > I ended up linking against the static CRT library (/MT), but that's not
>> for
>> > everyone.
>> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235460.aspx
>> >
>> > My next choice was going to be including the VCRedist.exe in the
>> installer.
>> > For some of the other projects at my company, this is what they do.
>> >
>> > Here are some links I've been consulting on the subject of CRT library
>> > (conflicts with multiple CRTs).
>> >
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1075050/howto-multiple-versions-of-msvcrt9-as-private-sxs-assemblies
>> >
>> http://tedwvc.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/avoiding-problems-with-vc2005-sp1-security-update-kb971090/
>> >
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1265792/visual-studio-2005-security-updates-and-crt-dll-versions-in-manifest
>> >
>> > James
>> >
>>
>> thanks for the links. Now my head is really spinning. I have VC2008
>> Express installed on WinXP SP3 and evidently the vcredist.exe is NOT
>> included with that version? At least I can not find it.  So I guess I
>> have to download it from MSDN (duh) and then manually set all the
>> paths and all that in oder to have cmake/NSIS find and include it in
>> the installer. And I thought deploying on OS X was a bit obtuse...
>>
>> Mike
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