Ticket #5270 (closed bug: worksforme)

Opened 2 years ago

Last modified 22 months ago

Installing ghc ruins PATH on Windows

Reported by: augustss Owned by: igloo
Priority: highest Milestone: 7.2.1
Component: None Version: 7.0.4
Keywords: Cc:
Operating System: Windows Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty:
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Description

I installed ghc-7.0.4 on a Windows XP machine and after that the Path environment variable was pretty much destroyed. About half the string was ok, and then it was just junk.

Change History

Changed 2 years ago by igloo

Was this installing from this installer?: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/7.0.4/ghc-7.0.4-i386-windows.exe

Is the problem reproducible for you?

Where are you seeing the corrupted path (e.g. is it when doing "echo %PATH% in a cmd window, or what?)?

How long was the path before installation?

Where were you installing to?

Changed 2 years ago by igloo

  • status changed from new to infoneeded

Changed 2 years ago by augustss

I didn't try reproducing it. It's bad enough to have it happen once.

The corrupted PATH was visible both in the control panel and looking at the environment variable in cmd and cygwin.

I'm not sure how long the path was, I never managed to recover it fully. Not overly long, maybe 1k.

I was installing to the default location.

Changed 23 months ago by igloo

  • status changed from infoneeded to new

Changed 23 months ago by igloo

  • owner set to igloo
  • priority changed from normal to highest
  • milestone set to 7.2.1

I'll see if I can reproduce it with the 7.2.1 RC, when we have one.

Changed 22 months ago by igloo

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to worksforme

I can't reproduce this. Please reopen if you find a way to reproduce it.

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