Re: Where is 'luavs.bat' in 5.2

[Ulrich Schmidt <u.sch.zw@...>]

Ok i will give luadist a try :)

I stepped away from gcc after hex-dumping my exe and searching for 
".dll". I found libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll and i was assuming my exe requires 
this dll.
To double-check i downloaded Dependency Walker and cant find a reference 
to libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll.
May be this string is a artefact of some sort. Ok, new try using gcc :)

> Maybe you could also elaborate on your requirements for
> "self-contained" application. If by this you mean a application that
> has all its dependencies contained in a single directory then LuaDist
> is exactly designed for this. If you need a single executable with no
> additional files then you need to be aware that you will still need to
> link against certain libraries dynamically anyway if  specified in the
> associated license. This severally limits this type of deployment.
I know my scenario is not the standard one. Big companies have a 
computer guy who is able to install any program on all nessesary 
computers. I am a hobby programmer and sometimes i try to help to 
replace outdated software. small companies have no computer guy. the 
employes are specialists of some sort but computer. the worst thing that 
can happen is, they try to install somthing blindly following a 
instruction not aware of possible side effects. so i try to avoid any 
interference with existing software.
On the other hand i love to code in lua because it is most easy compared 
to pascal,c,java, even basic. i reuse some self written lua modules and 
i dont want, someone easily use a text viewer to pull out my lua sources 
out of my srlua-exe. so i finally use luajit, precompile the lua source 
(including preloaded lua modules) and glue the chunk with statically 
linked srlua. It is no fireproof solution against steeling but it helps 
to keep lions sleeping.

> However it is also possible to pack LuaDist apps as single executable
> by using 3rd party apps and tools such as Cameyo.
i take a look.
Thanks.
Ulrich.