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

[Mark Jones]

Hi David,

My path at work is 1907 characters long right now.  If I have some spare
time soon, I'll try it again to see what happens.  I don't know if PATH
length is the key, it is just something I wondered about since that is a
definite difference between home and work (though there are many other
differences too).

Mark


On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:38 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> 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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