[Bf-committers] Blender 2.45 Release MSVCR71.DLL problem?

[Simon Clitherow]

Hi,

I think they stopped supporting gcc/cygwin after Python2.4, but I've not 
tried compiling to confirm that :)

Simon

Rodrigo Hernandez wrote:
> There may already be a response for this question but, isn't it possible 
> to compile Python with Mingw or Cygwin(with -mno-cygwin)
> and thus create a msvcrt free version?
>
> Simon Clitherow wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>   
>>     
>>> It seems that this dll is needed by the python released with blender
>>> under win32 OS.
>>>
>>> So we can remove the python dll (bad idea) or oblige window users to
>>> install the complete python (worst idea) or inkscape which both contain
>>> the dll too. Why couldn't we release blender with this dll ?
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> Well, the legal reason against distributing msvcr71/80/*.dll is that the 
>> EULA for VC2005 Express does not allow the distribution of these files. 
>> But IANAL, etc, etc.
>>
>> The whole microsoft dll issue is a mess, and the various websites and 
>> blogs on the subject only seem to help spread confusion over what is 
>> allowed to be distributed and what isn't.
>>
>> The best solution, of course, is for someone with an VC8 
>> enterprise/professional license to package up blender and distribute 
>> with the two dlls.
>>
>> For now, I can easily add another check to the installer for msvcr71.dll 
>> and suggest downloading the full python install.  Not perfect, but 
>> again, we're between a rock and hard place at the minute.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Simon
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