Bazaar 2.2.1 Windows installer fails

[Eli Zaretskii]

It runs to completion and then pops up this error message:

Unable to execute file:
D:\usr\Bazaar\bzr_postinstall.exe

CreateProcess failed; code 14001.
This application has failed to start because the application
configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this
problem.

(D:\usr\Bazaar is where I install Bazaar.)

Bazaar is non-functional after this.

This is Windows XP SP2.

I saw the same problem on another system, also a Windows XP.

Help!

[Martin (gzlist)]

Post by Eli Zaretskii
D:\usr\Bazaar\bzr_postinstall.exe
CreateProcess failed; code 14001.
This application has failed to start because the application
configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this
problem.

Okay, urk, this is probably bug 632465, which we hoped to get sorted
out before the release but didn't have any evidence it was actually
breaking anything.

If before running the installer you download and install the Microsoft
Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package does Bazaar then work?

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf>

Hopefully that will do for a workaround for now, until we can sort the
underlying issue out.

Martin

[Eli Zaretskii]

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:03:51 +0100
If before running the installer you download and install the Microsoft
Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package does Bazaar then work?
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf>

Yes, this solves the problem. Thanks.

[Maritza Mendez]

Just noticed this thread. Until the MSCRT redist is packaged with the
installer, folks might wnat to know that there is a newer version:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en

Post by Martin (gzlist)

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:03:51 +0100
If before running the installer you download and install the Microsoft
Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package does Bazaar then work?
<

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf
Yes, this solves the problem. Thanks.

[Eli Zaretskii]

Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 11:57:34 -0700
Just noticed this thread. Until the MSCRT redist is packaged with the
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en

Thanks. Yes, I already installed this SP1, since the installation of
the original version finished by saying I should go and look for
service packs.

[Martin (gzlist)]

Post by Maritza Mendez
Just noticed this thread. Until the MSCRT redist is packaged with the
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en

Note, the newer runtime actually won't help people with this problem.
The manifests mess is to try and make applications run against an
exact version of a library, rather than the old way of
this-version-or-later that caused all sorts of subtle problems. We get
a whole bunch of different subtle problems under the new regime
instead.

Martin

[Maritza Mendez]

Post by Maritza Mendez

Post by Maritza Mendez
Just noticed this thread. Until the MSCRT redist is packaged with the

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en
Note, the newer runtime actually won't help people with this problem.
The manifests mess is to try and make applications run against an
exact version of a library, rather than the old way of
this-version-or-later that caused all sorts of subtle problems. We get
a whole bunch of different subtle problems under the new regime
instead.
Martin

You know, I remember now. We had many problems with the VS2008 redist last
summer, and it was because of this. Sorry for the bad advice and thanks for
the better advice.

~M

[Eli Zaretskii]

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:04:27 -0700

Post by Maritza Mendez
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en
Note, the newer runtime actually won't help people with this problem.
The manifests mess is to try and make applications run against an
exact version of a library, rather than the old way of
this-version-or-later that caused all sorts of subtle problems. We get
a whole bunch of different subtle problems under the new regime
instead.

FWIW, on one of my machines, I installed both the original VC 2008
redistributable and its SP1, and had no problems installing or using
bzr 2.2.1 after that.

[Maritza Mendez]

Yes. A lot of people in the MS forums (re)learned the hard way last
summer that the safest way to get the correct MSCRT libs is to use the
redist.exe which comes with Visual Studio. Of course that assumes
someone has Visual Studio.

~M

Post by Eli Zaretskii

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:04:27 -0700

Post by Maritza Mendez
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en
Note, the newer runtime actually won't help people with this problem.
The manifests mess is to try and make applications run against an
exact version of a library, rather than the old way of
this-version-or-later that caused all sorts of subtle problems. We get
a whole bunch of different subtle problems under the new regime
instead.

FWIW, on one of my machines, I installed both the original VC 2008
redistributable and its SP1, and had no problems installing or using
bzr 2.2.1 after that.

[Eli Zaretskii]

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:38:22 +0200
D:\usr\Bazaar\bzr_postinstall.exe
CreateProcess failed; code 14001.
This application has failed to start because the application
configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this
problem.

Looking in the Event Viewer, I see that the installer was looking for
VC90.CRT and couldn't find it. Here's one event related to this:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: SideBySide
Event Category: None
Event ID: 59
Date: 9/29/2010
Time: 8:33:56 PM
User: N/A
Computer: HOME-C4E4A596F7
Description:
Resolve Partial Assembly failed for Microsoft.VC90.CRT. Reference error message: The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.
.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Should this runtime come with the installer? If not, where can I find
and install it?