New submission from rlinscheer:
When installing python-2.7.3.amd64.msi or python-2.7.3.msi and selecting for
single-user (as opposed to for all users), an incorrect version of the
microsoft C runtime library (msvcr90.dll) seems to be placed into the top-level
directory along side the python executable. This results in the message:
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is
incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line
sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.
The event log shows the error too:
Activation context generation failed for "C:\python_rob_32\pythonw.exe".Error
in manifest or policy file "C:\python_rob_32\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.MANIFEST" on
line 4. Component identity found in manifest does not match the identity of the
component requested. Reference is
Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".
Definition is
Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.30729.1".
Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.
Running the sxstrace tool shows the following:
INFO: Parsing Manifest File C:\python_rob_32\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.MANIFEST.
INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is
Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.30729.1".
ERROR: Component identity found in manifest does not match the identity
of the component requested. Reference is
Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".
Definition is
Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.30729.1".
ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.
This would seem to be the relevant section of the trace, though I have attached
the full output of the sxstrace if desired.
This leads me to the conclusion that a newer version of the C runtime library
is being shipped with the python executable that was built with an older
version.
This problem was mentioned with less detail in issue 14608, but closed without
resolution as far as I can tell.
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components: Installation
files: rob_32.txt
messages: 172584
nosy: rlinscheer
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Windows C Runtime Library Mismatch
type: crash
versions: Python 2.7
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file27517/rob_32.txt
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