Re: [PATCH] Nmap.nsi and Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:23:10AM -0500, Brian Costello wrote:
> On 15/07/2009 23:11, David Fifield wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 03:00:18PM -0700, Fyodor wrote:
> > >
> > > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:44:19PM +0100, jah wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Tom Sellers reported an issue with Nmap windows installer reporting
> that
> > > > > > > the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package failed to
> install,
> > > > > > > but that it did seem to install OK despite the error and that Nmap
> > > > > > > seemed to work OK.
> > > > > Great catch Jah and Tom. Please check your patch in.
> > >
> > > Please also add a comment saying that the string needs to be changed if
> > > the package is upgraded in the future.
> > OK, all done.
>
> > jah
>
> Hello,
>
> It seems that the issue remains in the binary stored here:
> http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-5.00-setup.exe. I got the same message that the MS
> Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package failed to install. I'm running Vista
> Business SP1.

Thank you for the report. This fix was made after the 5.00 feature
freeze, so it is not included in the 5.00 packages. It will be fixed in
the next release. Does Nmap work for you despite the error message?

David Fifield

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