#391 closed defect (fixed)
Bindings documentation should mention MSVC 2005 redistributable
| Reported by: | Charlie Hull | Owned by: | Charlie Hull |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 1.0.19 |
| Component: | MSVC makefiles | Version: | |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Blocked By: | ||
| Blocking: | Operating System: | Microsoft Windows |
Description
If the bindings are compiled on Windows, it will usually be necessary to install the MSVC 2005 redistributable from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=en The documentation should be updated to reflect this.
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 15 years ago
| Component: | Xapian-bindings → MSVC makefiles |
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| Owner: | changed from to |
comment:2 by , 15 years ago
| Milestone: | → 1.0.19 |
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I've added a note to r14121. Is the link right? MSVC2005 is rather old, and I'd imagine you are using a newer version to build the binary packages. Or is the download upwardly compatible?
This should be backported, so setting milestone.
comment:3 by , 15 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Synced over this change (and a few relevant changes to README) to branches/1.0 in r14123.
comment:4 by , 15 years ago
Sorry just noticed this, I've been on paternity leave.
Yes, I'm still using VS Express 2005 to build the binary packages, but I should probably start using the 2008 version. Once I do, I'll mod the README and submit a patch to include the new link (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF&displaylang=en)
I think the best place to document this is along with the MSVC makefiles and binary downloads.
I don't think such information really belongs in generic documentation - for example, we don't document which Debian or RHEL packages you need to install to use the Ruby bindings there.