#11 Windows installer (64) for ooRexx trashed path

[Jon Wolfers]

rexxcurl20w64_oorexx.exe running on Windows 10

Instead of appending to the path, the installer overwrote the entire path.

My path now reads
PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\rexx.org\Rexx Extensions

Uninstalling rexxcurl does not restore the path

[Jon Wolfers]

Thanks Mark,

I very foolishly had no restore point, but I think I've been able to
recreate it manually - not the full 1024 bytes yet, so some surprises yet
to come, but I expect I'll manage.

Thank you for maintaining Rexx/Curl. It does the trick nicely for me.

Jon

On 27 March 2016 at 21:58, Mark Hessling rexx@users.sf.net wrote:

• assigned_to: Mark Hessling
• Comment:

Hi Jon. Apologies for the mess the installer created. There is a bug in
the version of NSIS used to build the Rexx/CURL installer where a PATH >
1024 characters truncated the PATH. The only fix I can make is re-release
the Rexx/CURL installer with a patch to NSIS which increases the truncation
length to 8192. I am using this new NSIS version for all current package
releases.

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• [bugs:#11] https://sourceforge.net/p/rexxcurl/bugs/11/ Windows
  installer (64) for ooRexx trashed path*

Status: open
Group: v1.0 (example)
Created: Wed Mar 23, 2016 07:17 AM UTC by Jon Wolfers
Last Updated: Wed Mar 23, 2016 07:17 AM UTC
Owner: Mark Hessling

rexxcurl20w64_oorexx.exe running on Windows 10

Instead of appending to the path, the installer overwrote the entire path.

My path now reads
PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\rexx.org\Rexx Extensions

Uninstalling rexxcurl does not restore the path

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[Mark Hessling]

Hi Jon. Apologies for the mess the installer created. There is a bug in the version of NSIS used to build the Rexx/CURL installer where a PATH > 1024 characters truncated the PATH. The only fix I can make is re-release the Rexx/CURL installer with a patch to NSIS which increases the truncation length to 8192. I am using this new NSIS version for all current package releases.

[Mark Hessling]

Latest version 2.1.0 will be built with long path support.