update-mime-database problem

[Christian Ehrlicher]

Ralf Habacker schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> with recent update-mime-database 0.22 package and visual studio express 
> edition and installed vcredist 2005 runtime i encountered errors.
> 
> When running update-mime-database there is an error complaining that 
> msvcrt80.dll cound not be found. I solved the problem by adding a 
> update-mime-database.exe.manifest to the installation bin dir.
> 
> The manifest file has the following content
> 
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?>
> <assembly xmlns='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' manifestVersion='1.0'>
>   <dependency>
>     <dependentAssembly>
>       <assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.VC80.CRT' 
> version='8.0.50727.762' processorArchitecture='x86' 
> publicKeyToken='1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b' />
>     </dependentAssembly>
>   </dependency>
> </assembly>
> 
> 
> I guess these file should be added to the  binary package or ?
> 
Ok, now I wonder what you're doing :)
update-mime-database is built with mingw (msys) - where do you get a
dependecy to msvc8 from?

It's linked against libxml2, libintl3 and iconv - maybe one of those
libs is installed wrong on your system?

Christian