So, nobody knows how to make the official "Postgres without Installer"
to work with a normal Windows installation?
Jörn
Jörn Heid schrieb:
Okay, that's a misunderstanding.
I don't want to build it from the sources. I want to take the official
pre-built "postgres without installer" package and put it on a Windows
machine to make it work. That doesn't work (while it should IMHO)
because of the dependencies. So I just want to add some
manifest/folders/dlls to make it work with the standard binaries. I
hope it would be possible as I don't want to rebuild all on each
postgres update.
Jörn
Ashesh D Vashi schrieb:
Jörn Heid wrote:
Thanks Ashesh for your answer.
I will try to do so although I first have to install VC (or can I
just use the directories from WinSxS?). Is there another possibility
without setting an environment variable? Think of the simplest
distribution of just copying files (e.g. to a USB stick) and
"pg_ctrl.exe start" will work out of the box...
I thought - you have built the binaries from sources. So, I was
talking about VC installation.
My solution should work perfectly, when you have built the binaries
from sources using Visual Studio.
Redistribution (copying) of these binaries should work anywhere. (You
may need to add dependent dll(s) in the distribution package. i.e.
ssl, krb5)
Regards,
Ashesh
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
Cheers,
Jörn
Ashesh D Vashi schrieb:
Jörn Heid wrote:
Hi.
I want to use Postgres without installation. The problem is the
dependencies on the Visual C dll (msvcrt).
As far as I know it would be possible to include a manifest file
(only for libpq.dll?) and bundle the dlls from c:\windows\WinSxS
into the bin directory of Postgres.
Is this correct? Does anybody have (tested) such a manifest file?
Jörn
You just need to copy the contents of the redist/x86 under the
%VCINSTALLDIR% in your distribution directory, where all
dlls/executables are present.
VCINSTALLDIR should be similar to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio 8\VC, depending on your Visual Studio Installation.
This directory contains:
* Microsoft.VCxx.CRT
* Microsoft.VCxx.ATL
..., etc
No need to copy the c:\windows\WinSxS contents.
Hope this should solve your problem.
Regards,
Ashesh
