[cvsnt] MSI/InnoSetup installer does not work

[Zsolt Branyiczky]

Bo Berglund wrote:
> I pack only what Tony puts on his website. All binaries come from
> the "binaries without installer" download.
> The common Microsoft files are included in the Innosetup installer.
> 
> I have no way to compile the CVSNT system myself.
> 
> Bo
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org]On Behalf
> Of Zsolt Branyiczky
> Sent: den 20 september 2005 13:24
> To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org
> Subject: [cvsnt] Re: MSI installer does not work from subst:ed drives
> 
> 
> Bo Berglund wrote:
> 
>>I just wanted to try out the MSI insteller and see if that would do
>>something different from the InnoSetup installer I have used so far.
>>So I downloaded the 2094 msi file to a location on my F: drive, then
>>launced it and set the various options.
>>When I clicked the "Install" button it threw an error message about
>>problems reading the msi file (which is the one I started in the first
>>place).
>>
>>It turns out that the reason it fails is that my F: drive is a subst
>>drive physically located on my C: drive. I have had to do this when I
>>got my new PC because I don't have extra physical drives anymore and I
>>have a lot of files that were located on F: in my old PC and have ini
>>settings etc thta point there. So I subst:ed the backed up tree from
>>C:\DATA\F to F:.
>>This has worked fine for all cases so far except the CVSNT MSI
>>installer.
>>Is there any explanation on why this happens? The Inno installer does
>>not care about this.
>>
>>
>>/Bo
>>(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)
> 
> 
> Hi Bo,
> 
> I have just tried to install the latest InnoSetup version 
> (http://web.telia.com/~u86216177/cvsnt-2.5.2.2094.zip), but it displayed 
> a lot of dialogs about missing MSVCR71D.dll file. After having closed 
> them one by one, the install finished, but the cvs*.exe files could not 
> be run because of the same reason.
> Don't you pack the debug version by chance instead of the release one?
> 
> Regards
> Brazso
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The common release files are included but obviously not the debug ones. 
Nevertheless it's very strange. After my poor attempt with the 
InnoSetup, I've taken a chance on the MSI version. Now I got a totally 
different problem, the 2 services are cannot be started (but the install 
finishes without complaining about missing MSVCR71D.dll file). It's said 
perhaps I don't have enough right to start system services, but I have 
admin rights, and in the service manager I can start/stop any services 
except the cvs ones. What is going on here? I'll try an earlier version out.

Brazso