Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Developer guide clarification

[Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Christopher Maynard wrote:
> Gerald Combs <gerald@...> writes:
> 
>> How do you get the CRT onto the target computer? According to
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235291.aspx VC2008EE doesn't
>> ship with it, so any portable packages would depend on having the
>> correct vcredist_x86.exe installed.
> 
> Right, vcredist_x86.exe must be installed on the target computers so that the
> portableapps & u3 installers created with VS2008EE work.  But is the developer
> guide a bit misleading here since technically the installers can be created;
> they just rely on the CRT to be pre-installed separately?

Correct. I've updated the DG accordingly.