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

[David Cole]

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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