Re: commit: link statically the release version on vc++

From: Tomas Frydrych <tomasfrydrych_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed Feb 02 2005 - 22:25:52 CET

Hi Jordi,

I do not particularly like linking the runtimes in statically; would it
not be better to provide the libs on the download side for those who do
not have them?

Tomas

Jordi Mas wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Link statically the release version when compiling on vc++. Abiword was
> unable to run on old Windows systems like Wint 4.0 - BTW, also known as
> the 'child that nobody wanted. We were requiring the Visual C++ runtime
> installed and we are not packing it.
>
>
> cvs commit: Examining .
> CVS: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> CVS: Enter Log. Lines beginning with `CVS:' are removed automatically
> CVS:
> CVS: Committing in .
> CVS:
> CVS: Modified Files:
> CVS: win32.mk
> CVS: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Note: Please, BACKPORT to STABLE
Received on Wed Feb 2 22:28:07 2005

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