On 7/25/2008 11:50 AM, Graham Bloice wrote:
Gerald Combs wrote:
According to
http://kobyk.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/dynamically-linking-with-msvcrtdll-using-visual-c-2005/
it's possible to use newer versions of Visual C++ to link against the
"classic"
msvcrt.dll instead of msvcr[789]?.dll. This might let us get rid of
some of the
complexity in the current Windows build environment and let us use a
newer
compiler for the official builds.
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Hmm. The article seems to imply some other complexity as the debug CRT
isn't available so you have to use the one for your compiler toolchain
when debugging. In addition, AFAIK, our CRT problems come from using
compiled binaries from other projects (adns, etc.) that *currently* use
the VS 6 CRT but may switch at any time. I think we'd still have to
ensure all components we use are running with the same CRT thus the
hassles with having to compile them with the CRT of the developers
toolchain.
Thanks for the link to the bug id.
So how does it work now? I mean tracking the CRT for other projects
Wireshark calls into/depends on?
I'm guessing the big ones are GTK/Glib and WinPcap? So do they use MSVC
2005 EE or, at least, the same CRT?
If I'm reading/understanding Gerald's link to the post and Graham's
message correctly, then you can link/import to any CRT you'd like
regardless of compiler version (i.e. use CRT v8 with VS 2008 or CRT v7
with VS2005)?
What I'm getting at is Wireshark could potentially call into three
different CRTs if there were two other binary projects and they were
compiled to two different CRT versions, correct?
I.e. Wireshark CRTv8, GTK/Glib CRTv7, WinPcap MSVCRT.
Thanks, -Nathan
