[CMake] cmake install overrode my PATH instead of appending to it

[David Cole]

FWIW:
I made my user PATH value 302 characters long... as in:
C:\a;C:\b;C:\c;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\dddddddddd;C:\eeee

...then I installed CMake 2.8.0 from this installer:
http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.0-win32-x86.exe

And it worked. It appended the CMake installation path at the end of my big
long path, and then when I uninstalled it, it removed it and put my PATH
back to its original value.

If anybody has any additional details that would help me reproduce this
problem, I would really be grateful. The installer should NEVER destroy any
part of your PATH other than the component it adds itself for the CMake bin
directory...

If you can reproduce it, please add a note to this issue in the bug tracker:
http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=9878


Thanks,
David


On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 10:04 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> Can you give exact steps to reproduce and tell me exactly how you are
> observing the replacement?
>
> i.e.:
> - set your user PATH to something that is N characters long with M
> semi-colon separated components
> - look at "My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables >
> user PATH value" to see the new PATH value
>
> I will try this again on Monday with the installer you've pointed out. Any
> additional details you can provide would be helpful.
>
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Mark Jones <mark.jones1112 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> I was using the latest installer that I downloaded from the cmake page:
>>
>> http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.0-win32-x86.exe
>>
>> I am using Windows XP SP3.
>>
>> I have a relatively long PATH already.  Is your PATH very long on the
>> system that you tried to reproduce this on?  I wonder if that has anything
>> to do with it (maybe Windows tells it that it cannot append to the PATH and
>> so it replaces the PATH completely?).
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 9:28 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>wrote:
>>
>>> There are bug reports about that, but I cannot reproduce that bug here...
>>> What CMake installer were you running? Where did you get it from?
>>>
>>> See these bugs for more details:
>>> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=9878
>>> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=8959
>>>
>>> If you have steps to reproduce this problem, please re-open one of these
>>> bugs and attach details. (Exactly what steps you took that produced the
>>> problem...)
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Mark Jones <mark.jones1112 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I chose to add cmake to my PATH (on Win XP 32) during the installation.
>>>> After it finished I noticed that it completely overrode my PATH instead of
>>>> appending to it.  Is this a known bug?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
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