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Re: Setup.exe 2.674 local directory issue


On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 04:40:27PM +0100, Cumps, Erik wrote:
>Hello,
>
>while trying to use setup.exe version 2.674 to upgrade an existing 1.5
>cygwin install I detected the following issue:
>
>If you specify 'Install from Local Directory' and a 'Local Package
>Directory' path containing a trailing backslash, setup fails to detect
>the packages in the directory.
>
>If you specify the same directory path WITHOUT any trailing backslash,
>setup detects the packages just fine.
>
>Setup appears to be computing invalid pathnames for the local package
>files when a trailing backslash is present in the local dir path, as
>evidenced by monitoring setup's file activity with tools like procmon.
>
>The first log is from a setup session specifying 'X:\' as local dir:
>
>IRP_MJ_CREATE	X:\\release\a2ps\a2ps-4.13-1-src.tar.bz2
>PATH SYNTAX BAD
>IRP_MJ_CREATE
>X:\\ttp%3a%2f%2fmirrors.kernel.org%2fsourceware%2fcygwin\release\a2ps\a2
>ps-4.13-1.tar.bz2	PATH SYNTAX BAD
>
>The second log is from a setup session specifying 'X:' as local dir:
>
>IRP_MJ_CREATE	X:\release\a2ps\a2ps-4.13-1.tar.bz2
>PATH NOT FOUND
>IRP_MJ_CREATE
>X:\http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.kernel.org%2fsourceware%2fcygwin\release\a2ps\a2
>ps-4.13-1.tar.bz2	SUCCESS
>
>This behaviour seems quite unintuitive to me, especially considering
>that the browse button for the 'Local Package Directory' generates
>path names WITH a trailing backslash.

Thanks for the bug report.  This should be fixed in CVS so it will be
in the next setup.exe rollout.

cgf

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