[THRIFT-4067] Windows thrift compiler distributed on the apache web site has runtime dependencies

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.12.0
• Component/s: Compiler (General)

Environment

Windows

• Assignee: James E. King III
• Reporter: James E. King III
• Created: 02/Feb/17 21:32
• Updated: 03/Jan/19 03:30
• Resolved: 27/Dec/18 20:12

Description

I downloaded the thrift compiler from http://thrift.apache.org/download and looked at it with the dependency walker. It links against MSVC dynamically, however MSVCRT is not distributed with it, so it may not work.

I recommend following the instructions in THRIFT-3973 to build a thrift compiler using static runtime through cmake build tools. This will be more portable and guaranteed to work.