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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0012875CMakeCMakeSetuppublic2012-01-15 21:242016-06-10 14:31
Reporterckfinite 
Assigned ToKitware Robot 
PriorityurgentSeveritymajorReproducibilityrandom
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformOSMicrosoft Windows 7OS Version
Product VersionCMake 2.8.7 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0012875: Installer overwrites PATH environment variable
DescriptionThe standard windows CMake installer overwrites the PATH environment variable when the option "add to path for all users" is selected. It appears that a particular combination of selections on the installer menu causes this behavior, as the issue is hard to reproduce.
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related to 0010257closed Bill Hoffman Installer erasing windows PATH 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2012-01-15 21:24ckfiniteNew Issue
2012-01-15 22:28David ColeRelationship addedrelated to 0010257
2012-01-15 22:30David ColeNote Added: 0028304
2012-01-16 07:50ckfiniteNote Added: 0028308
2012-08-11 21:09David ColeStatusnew => backlog
2012-08-11 21:09David ColeNote Added: 0030351
2016-06-10 14:28Kitware RobotNote Added: 0041965
2016-06-10 14:28Kitware RobotStatusbacklog => resolved
2016-06-10 14:28Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:28Kitware RobotAssigned To => Kitware Robot
2016-06-10 14:31Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0028304)
David Cole   
2012-01-15 22:30   
This sounds an awful lot like 0010257 and all of its related issues...

You're seeing this with the CMake 2.8.7 installer?

Did you see a warning dialog about the PATH being long?
(0028308)
ckfinite   
2012-01-16 07:50   
I don't remember anything about it. My PATH at the time was about 500 characters long, so that very well could have caused it. I have attached the installer to the original report.
(0030351)
David Cole   
2012-08-11 21:09   
Sending old, never assigned issues to the backlog.

(The age of the bug, plus the fact that it's never been assigned to anyone means that nobody is actively working on it...)

If an issue you care about is sent to the backlog when you feel it should have been addressed in a different manner, please bring it up on the CMake mailing list for discussion. Sign up for the mailing list here, if you're not already on it: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake [^]

It's easy to re-activate a bug here if you can find a CMake developer who has the bandwidth to take it on, and ferry a fix through to our 'next' branch for dashboard testing.
(0041965)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:28   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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