[NSIS-Bugs] [ nsis-Bugs-1208925 ] GPF using installer built on Linux

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Bugs item #1208925, was opened at 2005-05-26 08:16
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Category: Scripting
Group: 2.0 Series
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Per Gunnar Hansø (pergh)
Assigned to: Amir Szekely (kichik)
Summary: GPF using installer built on Linux

Initial Comment:
Using the Debian nsis package 2.0.6-3 on a Debian Sarge
distribution with kernel 2.6.8-1-686. Copied some
additional Plugins and and Contrib from the source
distribution of 2.0.6 (System, NSISdl and
InstallOptions mainly).

In my particular script, declaring 6 userdefined
variables and poping a stack value into number 6 causes
an installer GPF (The instruction at 0x004019b9
referenced memory at 0x00440000. The memory could not
be written) on Windows 2000 and XP.

Declaring the same variable as variable number 5, the
installer passes happily past the offending pop
instruction, only to GPF when using the variable now
being number 6.

Building the same script using the Windows version
2.0.6 creates a healthy installer.

I'll be at work 8 hours from now (Europe), but going on
holiday for a week. If you need script, installer or
more info, please contact me and I'll supply it.

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>Comment By: Per Gunnar Hansø (pergh)
Date: 2005-06-29 10:04

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The problem was probably me fumbling with the exe heads.
Perhaps this messed up the stack of the installer, and thus
caused the strange behaviour of the variables?

Throwing out the nsis package. using the source, and
pre-making the makensis with make USE_PRECOMPILED_EXEHEADS=1
did the trick. Problem solved. 


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Comment By: Amir Szekely (kichik)
Date: 2005-05-26 18:53

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Works fine for me with even 25 variables. However, I haven't
tried it with the Debian version, but an unmodified version.
Try compiling from the original source code and see if it
still happens. Also attach an example script and compiled
installer.

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