ActiveState using different MS runtime files than official Python release? (was Re: Movable Python or ActivePython)

[Trent Mick]

On 10-05-05 12:04 PM, python at bdurham.com wrote:
> I just took a look at the ActiveStatre 2.6.5.12 release (zip file
> version) and noticed that this file does not include the MSVCR90.DLL run
> time file - it includes MFC*.DLL files instead (and a different manifest
> file as well).
>
> Can anyone explain why the ActiveState release uses different MS Visual
> C runtime files than the official Python Foundation's release of Python?

It doesn't. We use the same MSVC version as the python.org builds.

Note that "MFC*.dll" files (IIRC, it has been a while) are 
redistributable DLLs used by the included PyWin32 extensions that have 
Python bindings for the Microsoft Foundation Classes GUI APIs.

Trent

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