>From inside the gravity well of a singularity, via RT shouted:
> Full context and any attached attachments can be found at:
> <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=6268 >
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sun May 9 20:07:59 2004]:
>
> > However, now that par has my program working correctly, I have a
> > bigger issue--one that perl2exe would address. I'm hoping I can get
> > a faster fix from you and use par, actually.
>
> Hi, sorry for the overlate response. I've been busy recently
> recovering from my HD failures. :-/
My condolences! Ouch.
> > Basically, I need to distribute something and run it from CD directly
> > in Windows. This is problematic because it appears as though par is
> > trying to extract the binary's contents to the CD, which is just not
> > possible on a read-only medium. :(
>
> This greatly surprises me, since PAR extracts under the $ENV{TEMP}
> path, instead of the location of the executable. Can you confirm
> that the TEMP location is set to somewhere writable? What if you
> manually set $ENV{PAR_GLOBAL_TEMP} to somewhere writable and then
> run the .exe from the CD-ROM?
Actually, I can tell you that I was in error. It works fine from read-only
media, verified several times over. The issue was actually an oddity that
I can't explain. I'll give you the details and you can make of it what you
will:
Win2k system
C: primary drive
D: CDRW
E: DVD-ROM
F: secondary drive
Okay, having made the executable with par, we then burned it on drive D.
Then, for whatever reason, my wife put the disc in drive E:, the DVD-ROM.
It read fine. However, Windows kept saying disk error, insert media in
drive D. It would say this many times--but if you closed all errors, it
would actually still run the program.
The funny thing is that inserting -any- media in drive D, even read-only
(we used Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun, for instance), entirely negated
the issue. No errors in that case.
Weirdest thing I've seen in a while.
Not sure what to make of it, either.
Sorry to trouble you with a false alarm. However, what -is- going on is
still a mystery. :-/
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