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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0010063CMakeCMakepublic2009-12-18 01:592010-02-09 13:54
ReporterThomas Bernard 
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PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionCMake-2-8 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0010063: Windows installer destroys user path
DescriptionThe installer will replace the contents of the path variable with the installation path of cmake.


Steps To Reproduce
Additional InformationI looked through the issue list and found that this problem has already come up twice with previous versions of CMake:
0009878: Windows installer destroys user path

The issue was solved as not reproductible. I've had the issue just yesterday with cmake 2.8.

I had a rather long path variable definition and what i'm guessing is that there is a limitition somewhere in the installer to the maximum length of the string. When the original path is too big it might not get read in properly thus leading to a blind replacement with the cmake path.
This is realy a blind guess...

Hope this helps fix the issue.
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duplicate of 0010257closed Bill Hoffman Installer erasing windows PATH 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2009-12-18 01:59Thomas BernardNew Issue
2010-01-28 11:41Michael WagnerNote Added: 0019357
2010-02-09 13:54Bill HoffmanRelationship addedduplicate of 0010257
2010-02-09 13:54Bill HoffmanStatusnew => closed
2010-02-09 13:54Bill HoffmanResolutionopen => duplicate

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(0019357)
Michael Wagner   
2010-01-28 11:41   
Hi, I just stumbled across the same problem.
After I used the installer (I chose "Set path for all users") my PATH variable consisted only of the path pointing to cmake.