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

[Brian Costello <bcostello01 () gmail com>]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:44 PM, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>wrote:

> 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

Oh yes, it works great.

Brian Costello

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