From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:17:05 -0600 From: Dennis Lee Bieber Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: can one make a static build Ada+GUI GTK application? Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:17:09 -0500 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < Message-ID: References: <20130228010057.13659976@hactar.xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> <1jakth6zgpm7u.1jynuosu6x48.dlg@40tude.net> <15h2j818sfkj16h8ngvsedmvh27ngsk15o@invalid.netcom.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 76.249.28.69 X-Trace: sv3-rNxdAb5BCe1ps76La+FrPBtUG8O17/xg3G4kTk2Yx6VMKzDSckU0tIDaYwfmYU55gprSmt/vLHxi09D!g45iwvyZAKyVyJGoVvO6V3Jpihb7iEvvltfyhRiBw81UHDk6I9ZHlSlnRJE069EVtcrw7dZqbTtx!aSZMRYwcxOuH8wib/bkFYddO04NNIRBAw58bnOoU X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2628 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:180409 Date: 2013-03-02T12:17:09-05:00 List-Id: On Sat, 2 Mar 2013 08:52:25 +0100, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" declaimed the following in comp.lang.ada: > On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:18:24 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > > > M$ would rather everything be done as MSI since they've tied them > > into the security system (there is no option for "run > > as..." on WinXP, meaning one /must/ log-in as an administrator to run > > them... Whereas installers that package as EXE can be started from any > > account using the "run as..." to gain admin). > > Hmm, you have to be an administrator to run an application with elevated > rights (= run as). Granted -- but on XP, you don't have the choice of "run as..." for MSI files; you have to log out of the "user-level" account and log back in using the admin account. Rather inconvenient (at least Win7 handles that better). -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/