Bug #58943 for Perl-Dist-Strawberry: can't install using .msi with no C:\ drive present

Tue Jun 29 09:06:03 2010 philip.g.potter [...] gmail.com - Ticket created

Subject:

can't install using .msi with no C:\ drive present

Using a windows XP machine with no C:\ drive (main HDD D:\), I tried to run strawberry-perl-5.12.0.1.msi. I immediately got the error: "Invalid Drive: C:\" and after clicking OK "Strawberry Perl Setup Wizard ended prematurely" The workaround is to install from .zip and use the relocate script and setup the PATH and TERM environment variables by hand as detailed int he README.

Wed Dec 08 12:02:29 2010 bamccaig [...] gmail.com - Ticket #63744: Ticket created

Subject:	Invalid Drive: C:\
Date:	Wed, 8 Dec 2010 12:02:00 -0500
To:	bug-Perl-Dist-Strawberry [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Brandon McCaig <bamccaig [...] gmail.com>

I attempted to install Strawberry Perl using strawberry-perl-5.12.1.0.msi downloaded from http://strawberryperl.com/. When running the installer, I was presented with an error popup right away: "Invalid Drive: C:\". The installer then jumped to an abort dialog with the heading "Strawberry Perl Setup Wizard ended prematurely", essentially just informing me that the installer failed due to an error and my system has not been modified (pretty normal stuff). The truth is that I don't have a C: on this machine. It's actually a virtual machine running Windows XP SP3 in VirtualBox. Long story short, I had a virtual disk containing Windows 7 attached to the VM when I installed XP, and for whatever silly^WSTUPID reason Windows XP decided to make the Windows 7 virtual disk C: (actually, it was the Win7 recovery partition, but you get the idea). I've subsequently deleted the WIndows 7 VM/virtual disk because they didn't perform adequately and weren't useful any more. In any case, my %SystemDrive% is F: and there is normally no C:. To work around the problem, I have to map a network drive to C: so that the installer doesn't abort. Then I can choose which drive to install to. It's still a bug and mapping a new C: isn't always an easy task so it would be good to fix it. I hope I'm not reporting an already-reported bug. I tried searching the Web and rt.cpan.org, but didn't find any relevant results. Thank you. (Interestingly enough, the last time that I checked the AVG Free Anti-Virus installer suffered from the same bug/assumption) -- Brandon McCaig <bamccaig@gmail.com> V zrna gur orfg jvgu jung V fnl. Vg qbrfa'g nyjnlf fbhaq gung jnl. Castopulence Software <http://www.castopulence.org/> <bamccaig@castopulence.org>

Wed Apr 27 22:43:32 2011 MICHIELB [...] cpan.org - Ticket #63744: Correspondence added

Hi Brandon, On Wed Dec 08 12:02:29 2010, bamccaig@gmail.com wrote: Show quoted text

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thanks for your bug report, actually it IS a duplicate, of bug https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=58943 -- Mike

Wed Apr 27 22:43:33 2011 The RT System itself - Ticket #63744: Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Sun May 01 23:56:27 2011 csjewell [...] cpan.org - Ticket #63744: Merged into ticket #58943

Sun May 01 23:56:27 2011 csjewell [...] cpan.org - Merged into ticket #58943

Sun Feb 26 15:00:02 2012 kmx [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Could you please try to install the latest strawberry perl 5.14.2.1 MSI on your Windows box without drive c: ?

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kmx

Sun Feb 26 15:00:04 2012 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Mon Feb 27 05:04:45 2012 philip.g.potter [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added

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philip.g.potter [...] gmail.com

On Sun Feb 26 15:00:02 2012, KMX wrote: Show quoted text

> Could you please try to install the latest strawberry perl 5.14.2.1 > MSI on your > Windows box without drive c: ?

I'm afraid I no longer own such a machine. I'm using OS X and linux these days...

Sat Mar 03 16:29:25 2012 bamccaig [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #58943] can't install using .msi with no C:\ drive present
Date:	Sat, 3 Mar 2012 16:33:56 -0500
To:	Philip Potter via RT <bug-Perl-Dist-Strawberry [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Brandon McCaig <bamccaig [...] gmail.com>

On 2012-02-27 05:04:47 -0500, Philip Potter via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> On Sun Feb 26 15:00:02 2012, KMX wrote:

> > Could you please try to install the latest strawberry perl > > 5.14.2.1 MSI on your Windows box without drive c: ?

> > I'm afraid I no longer own such a machine. I'm using OS X and > linux these days...

I am afraid that I too have moved on to a different environment and no longer have that VM available. /o\ I made an attempt to override the system drive letter of a Windows XP VM I had, but unfortunately that VM now fails to boot. :P Probably because all of the paths in the registry are now invalid. Yay Windows. I can't think of any other way to test this, aside from installing a new system with enough devices added to coerce a different drive letter being chosen for Windows. I'm not exactly sure what would be needed and probably don't have the time or energy right now anyway. Regards, -- Brandon McCaig <bamccaig@gmail.com> <bamccaig@castopulence.org> Castopulence Software <https://www.castopulence.org/> Blog <http://www.bamccaig.com/> perl -E '$_=q{V zrna gur orfg jvgu jung V fnl. }. q{Vg qbrfa'\''g nyjnlf fbhaq gung jnl.}; tr/A-Ma-mN-Zn-z/N-Zn-zA-Ma-m/;say'

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Tue Apr 10 08:11:14 2012 kmx [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'