Closed Bug 518910 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Error when starting up Fennec on Windows 7

Categories

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

x86
Windows 7
defect
Not set
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: aakashd, Unassigned)

Details

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(2 files)

Attached image Error Pop Up Screenshot
Build Id:

Nightly build for 9/25

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Fennec nightly build on Windows 7

Actual Results:
The system error:

"The program can't start because MSVCR90.dll is missing form your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."

...pops up.
I've seen this dialog for a very long time on Vista with debug builds of Fennec.  It's a platform issue, AFAIK.  I'd not seen it with a release build, however.
why can't we gracefully downgrade to msvcr80.dll?
It doesn't work that way. I think we just need WIN32_REDIST_DIR set in the mozconfig to get the VC9 runtime DLLs packaged.
Attachment #402918 - Flags: review? → review?(ted.mielczarek)
Attachment #402918 - Flags: review?(ted.mielczarek) → review+
Comment on attachment 402918 [details] [diff] [review]
set WIN32_REDIST_DIR on win32 desktop fennec builds

You can just "export WIN32_REDIST_DIR=..." since this is picked up by configure and then saved in autoconf.mk. This should do the trick.
Are the ramifications -- on bundle size, start up and memory foot print -- been looked at before making this decision to package the DLL ?
a) Desktop builds of Fennec are, as far as I'm aware, not a priority, just a nice to have for testing.
b) You don't have a choice, you need a CRT. You can't run the build without it.
Comment on attachment 402918 [details] [diff] [review]
set WIN32_REDIST_DIR on win32 desktop fennec builds

Checked in: http://hg.mozilla.org/build/buildbot-configs/rev/abd8503e5b1a

I'll kick off another build.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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