Re: instsetoo_native: Assembly missing for Windows install

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> From: Mathias Bauer <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:18:08 +0100
> Subject: Re: [dev] Re: instsetoo_native: Assembly missing for Windows
> install
> On 05.12.2010 20:58, Kristján Bjarni Guðmundsson wrote:
>
>  So does this mean that Windows XP support has been dropped from the build
>> environment? How am I then supposed to build installations for Windows XP?
>> Is it possible to get the source to your build environment, so that I can
>> build Windows XP installations? Or at least get some information on what
>> changes I have to make to build with vcredist_x86.exe?
>>
>>
> No, Windows support hasn't been dropped - at least not intentionally. It
> seems that whoever changed the build environment so that the redists are no
> longer required, meant it well: it made it easier for developers to build
> OOo as they don't need to download the redists and put them into the source
> tree manually again and again. Instead of that, they install them once and
> for good. But unfortunately he forgot to add a configure switch that allows
> to include the redistributables.
>
> So I consider this a bug. I will see that we can fix it as soon as
> possible.
>
> In the meantime you could try a hack:
>
> put your redistributable into "solver/bin"
> set the environment variable "WITH_VC_REDIST" to "TRUE"
>
> and see if it works.
>
> Regards,
> Mathias
>

Ok thanks for the help, I will try this hack out and see if it works.

I already reported this as a bug for the build:
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=114372
But it got rejected as invalid.

Regards,
Kristjan