update-mime-database problem

[Ralf Habacker]

Christian Ehrlicher schrieb:
> 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?
>   
libxml2 requires msvcrt80.dll, I wil try to find out what's the problem is.
Thanks for this pointer.


Ralf