https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23642
Issue ID: 23642
Summary: DMD installer should set up PATH in the same order as
it was before reinstall
Product: D
Version: D2
Hardware: x86
OS: Windows
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P1
Component: installer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
It seems that reinstalling DMD on Windows will cause it to first uninstall and
remove DMD from PATH, and then install it and add DMD to PATH as the *last*
entry.
This can cause unexpected problems, for example:
- If there is no user-provided dub settings file (https://dub.pm/settings)
- And if another D compiler is installed and is in PATH, e.g. LDC
- And if the DMD was in PATH before LDC
Then after installing a new version of DMD via the installer the LDC compiler
will be picked up by default by DUB.
Of course one can set up the default with https://dub.pm/settings, but the user
may not be aware of that.
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