Re: [ANNOUNCE] NSPR 4.7.2 Release

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 2:12 AM, Joachim Ziegler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Now here is an additional problem I encounter with the test programs. (It
> may well be that this is not a real problem, but rather caused by the fact
> that I am not an experienced Windows developer. :-( )
>
> If, after the successful built of the DLL's and the test programs, I go
> to the target/pr/tests folder in a DOS box and try to run a test program
> by just issuing its name on the command line, say stdio.exe. A window pops
> up saying that the libnspr4.dll is missing.
>
> If I now take the easy way I'm accustomed to
> and just copy the libs from target\dist\bin into the tests folder and
> then start any program, say stdio.exe,
> a window pops up saying "stdio.exe has encountered a problem and needs
> to close. we are sorry for the inconvenience". This happens with every
> executable in the tests folder.

What you did (copy the DLLs from target\dist\bin into the tests folder)
is correct.  If stdio.exe crashes, it shows your build is broken.  I don't
know what might be wrong.

Wan-Teh