carlosmacao wrote:

>
> Hi Paul,
>
> > Firebird is currently being distributed with the msvcrt.dll that
> ships
> > with Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 5. It appears in fact to be a
> later
> > version than the dll mentioned on the web page - it is build
> 6.10.8637.0
> > rather than 6.0.8797.0.
>
> ok, but the initial question remains, may we rely on this
> rule: "Always overwrite older msvcrt.dll"? Is there any consequences
> of overwriting for example an old Win95 msvcrt.dll?
>

The rule isn't "Always overwrite older dll" but "Always overwrite an
earlier version". There is a subtle difference. Tools like touch can
play around with the file date, usually making a file look as if it is
newer than it really is.

> > but the choice is then given to the user whether they want
> > to install or not.
>
> i would rather not to trust in user choice.
>

Hmmm. I don't think it makes any difference as far as Firebird is
concerned. It needs the C runtime library. I don't know what changes MS
makes to this library, but I don't believe Firebird makes any particular
assumptions about it. It needs to be there, but an old one will probably
work. That said, we should probably change the Firebird install to just
go ahead and overwrite an older version. I must admit that the question
always throws me when I run installs.


Paul
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