| From: | "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | <tony_caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Possible issue with win32 installer(8.1beta 3)... |
| Date: | 2005-10-17 15:44:07 |
| Message-ID: | 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE92E753@algol.sollentuna.se |
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> >>I would normally just have a copy of libpq.dll in the same
> dir as my
> >>exe, but with the latest XP service packs this does not
> work anymore,
> >>
> >>
> >
> >It should do - in fact we package 8.1 in exactly that way after
> >extensive testing on XP SP2 as well as 2K3 SP1 (not to mention older
> >platforms).
> >
> >
> >
>
> If this were true it would break a huge number of apps,
> including buildfarm, which relies on DLLs in the .exe
> directory being found.
The difference in the latest servicepacks is that no longer is the
*current directory* searched first for DLL files. However, *the
directory of the executable* is still searched.
//Magnus
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