| Chrome Version Assembly |
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| The chrome version assembly makes it possible for load-time dependencies of |
| chrome.exe to be shipped in Chrome's version directory to ease updates (eg. |
| chrome_elf.dll). This is done by turning the version directory into a private |
| assembly which refers to any DLLs that chrome.exe needs to know about. New DLLs |
| should be added as <file> entries in "version_assembly_manifest.template". |
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| In an ideal world, this would be done by embedding an application config in |
| chrome.exe that would refer to the proper version directory via a |
| probing\privatePath attribute (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa374182.aspx). |
| This would allow us to refer to dlls in the version directory without having to |
| make the version directory itself into an assembly. It would also avoid naming |
| conflicts (as the WinSxS dir and GAC both take precedence over private |
| assemblies when searching for dlls). Unfortunately, the probing\privatePath |
| attribute is only supported for Windows 7 and later. |
