#25: Installer sets(!) the path instead of properly appending
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Reporter: torsten.kemps-bene...@sks-ub.de | Owner: refold
Type: defect | Status: assigned
Priority: blocker | Milestone:
Component: Windows installer | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by claus):
Permanently messing up the PATH is a serious issue, yet the download page
still doesn't show even a warning! Please fix that first, unless the
updated installer already exists.
Could you read PATH directly and check for error status before setting it?
The comments I see in that NSIS page make me doubt that NSIS is a wise
choice, btw
(certainly those scripts are dubious). They are aware of the issue, but
only offer a warning in the docs, rather than a guard in the code that
would avoid the erroneous setting. They've decided that any attempt to set
an environment variable should also lead to some cleanup (suggesting that
their code would fail on valid, but non-cleaned PATHs), as well as moving
the added path to the front or back of PATH (instead of preserving the
order if the entry already exists).
Btw, it might be useful if the download page automatically listed the
active ticket numbers for each installer.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/ticket/25#comment:4>
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