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Re: Issue 1948 in lilypond: Windows install clobbered system PATH


From: lilypond
Subject: Re: Issue 1948 in lilypond: Windows install clobbered system PATH
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:54:18 +0000


Comment #10 on issue 1948 by address@hidden: Windows install clobbered system PATH
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1948

The install documentation says Windows users add LilyPond to their path at their option, so let's remove the dangerous lines from the installer.

Anyone with more than about 1024 - 34 = 990 characters in their PATH string can expect data loss upon installing LilyPond for Windows until we fix the installer.

https://github.com/janneke/gub/blob/master/nsis/lilypond-prepost.nsh#L43
 Function registry_lilypond
-       ReadRegStr $R0 HKLM "${ENVIRON}" "PATH"
-       WriteRegExpandStr HKLM "${ENVIRON}" "PATH" "$R0;$INSTDIR\usr\bin"
-
Who has write-access to the install scripts ?




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