On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 2:40 PM, David BalaÅic <xerces9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > > http://get.enterprisedb.com/postgresql/postgresql-9.0.1-1-windows.exe > > Upon starting the abov installer, I get a dialog titled > "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148" > > It lists the window titles of some processes, like MS Outlook, Firefox, Eclipse > and has 3 buttons: Cancel, Retry and Ignore > > 1.) It does not say what it wants or why did it appear. > > 2.) It looks like the "these programs should be closed before I can > continue" dialogs, in which case: > Why is for example Eclipse needed to close to install a VC++ library? > Eclipse is a Java program. Thats the Microsoft runtime installer, which is included in the PostgreSQL installer. Unfortunately, as it's written and supplied by Microsoft, we don't have any idea how or why it works as it does. We just know we need the runtimes it installs. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
