Re: [pygame] MSVCR71.dll

[andrew baker <failrate@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, apparently there are issues with gcc compilations of Python 2.4?
 You can get msvcr71.dll on various websites, but you're generally
supposed to have a licensed copy of Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1 to
legally distribute this dll.

This is some bunk.

This is a known issue with all py2exe/pygame2exe distributions with
Python 2.4.  For this reason, I am boycotting 2.4 and dependant
modules until it's made free of this burdensome yoke.

I hope that didn't sound too melodramatic, but I'm really salty about
how the issue affects distribution.

On 8/27/05, Rene Dudfield <renesd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hey,
> 
> you need to install python2.4 for the python2.4 version of pygame
> first.  This installer should make sure all the required dlls are
> installed.  Unfortunately the installer can not detect that you don't
> have it installed.  Maybe if we made a different installer using NSIS
> or something a check could be put in for python2.4 and msvcr7.1.
> 
> Python2.4 using msvcr7.1 is anoying for compatibility.  I wonder if it
> would be worth making a version of python that doesn't require it.
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/28/05, Julie Larson <julie.larson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > When I try to run the pygame installer, I get this big hairy message asking
> > for MSVCR71.dll.  Why does the installer need this and where can I get it?
> >
> > Thank you
> > -Julie
> >
> >
> 


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