#587 - x2goclient is missing VcXsrv/zlib1.dll

X2Go Bug report logs - #587
x2goclient is missing VcXsrv/zlib1.dll

Reported by: Ivan Kozik <ivan@ludios.org>

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 07:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: build-win32, pending

Found in version 4.0.2.1

Fixed in versions 4.0.2.1+hotfix1+build4, 4.0.3.0

Done: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Subject: Bug#587: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#587: I believe I should fix this
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Control: reopen -1 Control: tag -1 - not-a-bug Hi Mike#2, On Fr 29 Aug 2014 14:40:59 CEST, Michael DePaulo wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Mike Gabriel > <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: >> Thanks for reporting your observed issue. >> >> I close this bug as the problem seems to be related to your setup. >> >> Launching X2Go Client always requires to cwd to its installation directory, >> otherwise its DLLs will not be found. > > Hi Mike#1 and Ivan, > > I believe I should fix this bug. I am going to re-open it. > > Unless I hear new reasons otherwise, in about 10 hours I will: > 1. re-release the .zips for VcXsrv 1.14.3.2 > http://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/3rd-party/vcxsrv-modified-by-x2go-project/ > 2. update the X2GoWinBuilder VM that handles nightly builds > 3. launch X2Go Client 4.0.2.1+hotfix-build4 with the fix. > > This is why I believe I should fix this bug: > > 1. Every Windows program searches its own directory for DLLs, before > searching the PATH and cwd. This is the design of Windows. We can fix > X2GoClient being able to start successfully with your cwd being > different by including VcXsrv\zlib1.dll. There is no need to register > the DLL system-wide. And it's not a cygwin DLL anyway; its a native > Windows binary built from the VcXsrv/VcXsrv-xp source tree. > > 2. On my system, I can launch X2Go Client successfully from another > cwd. This includes x2goclient.exe, vcxsrv.exe, sshd.exe (cygwin) and > nxproxy.exe (cygwin). The only reason vcxsrv.exe does work is that I > have c:\gnuwin\bin\ZLIB1.dll in my PATH, where as most users likely do > not have any zlib1.dll in their PATH. (I determined this using > Dependency Walker.) > > 3. My manual build instructions state that I should include > VcXsrv\zlib1.dll. During the manual build process, I included > VcXsrv\xwininfo.exe instead of zlib1.dll. > > 4. We should provide vcxsrv.exe with its own zlib1.dll. It is > VcXsrv-xp's own version of the file for reasons mentioned in #1. > > Respectfully, > -Mike#2 Thanks for this explanation. Agreeing. Bug already reopened. Greets, Mike -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148 GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B31 mail: mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de freeBusy: https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xfb

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X2Go Bug report logs - #587 x2goclient is missing VcXsrv/zlib1.dll

X2Go Bug report logs - #587
x2goclient is missing VcXsrv/zlib1.dll