195112 - Installing 2003-02-26-05-1.3 (branch) failed on Windows 98. Error loading xpistub.dll.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 195060

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Stig Nygaard]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/2003-02-26-05-1.3/mozilla-win32-installer-sea.exe

Installing Win32 1.3 branch build on my Windows 98 failed. I got the following
error:

"1157: Could not load C:\TEMP\ns_temp\xpcom.ns\bin\xpistub.dll"

After the failed installation my TEMP-directory included a sub-directory called
ns_temp2, but *not* one called ns_temp. Also there was a few files in
C:\TEMP\ns_temp2\xpcom.ns\bin\, but no xpistub.dll.


Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Uninstalling my Mozilla 1.2.1
2. Reboot
3. Install mozilla-win32-installer-sea.exe (branch 2003-02-26-05-1.3)

I've done just as I use to when installing a new Mozilla, and have done it with
every almost every new "milestone", beta or final version in the last two years.
So I don't think I didn't install it the right way.

Actual Results:  
The described error message after some "installation-work". Some files in
C:\TEMP\ns_files2, but I don't think any files was copied to my target of
installation (D:\Program Files\Mozilla). No desktop icons or other signs of
installation.

I could succesfully reinstall the "old" Mozilla 1.2.1 afterwards.


I also have another nigtly installed on my E-drive (with a seperate profile)

Comment 1

[Torben]

Probably the same as bug 195060 (based on information in bug 19220).

Comment 2

[Owen Marshall (Not reading bugmail)]

CC'ing some installer people. Same issue?

Comment 3

[Grace Bush]

I saw this before- see bug 135570 and its many duplicates

Comment 4

[Sean Su]

bug 135570 errored out with 1114.  this bug refers to error 1157:
  1114: an initialization routine failed in the dll
  1157: one of the dependent dlls was not found.

reporter, can you download the dependency walker:
 Microsoft's free dependency walker is available from
 http://www.dependencywalker.com and also in various larger free packs from
 microsoft itself. Also available from http://download.cnet.com/

and do the following test:
 1) Run "mozilla-win32-installer-sea.exe -u xpcom.xpi" from an empty dir
    This will extract xpcom.xpi into the current dir.
 2) unzip xpcom.xpi from this same dir
 3) copy msvcirt.dll and msvcrt.dll to bin\
 4) cd into bin\
 5) run the dependency walker on xpistub.dll in the bin\ dir.

Can you see which file it is failing to load on?

Comment 5

[Stig Nygaard]

I'll do the "dependency walker" test as soon as possible. I suspect I won't get 
the time today, but hopefully else tommorow night (FYI: In my timezone it is 
thursday morning now).

Comment 6

[Andrew Hagen]

Confirming. 

Comment 7

[Andrew Hagen]

Both Seamonkey and the net installer are broken.

Comment 8

[Sean Su]

*** Bug 195200 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[Sean Su]

this bug is a dupe of bug 195060.  The 1.3 branch build from 2003-02-26-05 is a
debug build.  Today's build seems to be fixed.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 195060 ***

Comment 10

[Stig Nygaard]

Reg. comment #4. I assume running the "dependency walker" is a waste of time
now, since rumours says its been fixed already? I'll try a newer branch-build
instead as soon as I spot one for Win32.

Comment 11

[Hermann Schwab]

reg. comment #9. Don´t agree, windows builds are about 40 MB.
Todays windows builds are having more than 3 times their normal size. It´s
either sourcecode (self-compiling?) or full instrumented debbugging code. I
would be very disappointed, if after a long download mozilla wouldn´t run
because I don´t have Microsoft Visual Studio.

Comment 12

[Grace Bush]

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