Bug #83290 for Perl-Dist-Strawberry: Installing 5.16.2.1 with a custom path fails

Tue Feb 12 17:29:16 2013 https://launchpad.net/~aab-cs - Ticket created

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Installing 5.16.2.1 with a custom path fails

Changing the installation directory to C:\StrawberryPerl resulted in the installation failing. The following is an extract from running with the /lv flag: MSI (s) (74:A8) [11:14:03:025]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated custom action server. RelocateMSM CustomActionData=MSM;C:\StrawberryPerl\;C:\StrawberryPerl\perl1.reloc.txt Relocate_Worker dir=C:\StrawberryPerl\ file=C:\StrawberryPerl\perl1.reloc.txt Relocate_Worker sDirectoryFrom=C:\strawberry\ ERROR: open.2 'wt' failed for C:\StrawberryPerl\perl1.reloc.txt.new RelocateMSM end CustomAction CA_Relocate_msm.53268040_6C02_1014_AA47_7BB98049ACF7 returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox) Action ended 11:14:03: InstallFinalize. Return value 3. MSI (s) (74:A8) [11:14:03:031]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0 MSI (s) (74:A8) [11:14:03:031]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0 This is on Windows 7 64-bit running the installer: http://strawberry-perl.googlecode.com/files/strawberry-perl-5.16.2.1-64bit.msi Reverting the installation path to C:\strawberry resulted in a successful installation. With regards

Fri Feb 15 16:52:23 2013 kmx [...] volny.cz - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #83290] Installing 5.16.2.1 with a custom path fails
Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:52:09 +0100
To:	bug-Perl-Dist-Strawberry [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	kmx <kmx [...] volny.cz>

Hi, unfortunately I am not able to reproduce the failure. Reported error: ERROR: open.2 'wt' failed for C:\StrawberryPerl\perl1.reloc.txt.new means that installer's custom action was not able to open the mentioned file for writing. It might happen in case the directory c:\strawberryperl already existed with some unusual ACL before the installation. Could you please make sure there is no C:\StrawberryPerl directory and try to run the MSI installer again? -- kmx

Fri Feb 15 16:52:24 2013 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Wed Nov 06 19:11:20 2013 http://wolfgang-baron.myopenid.com/ - Correspondence added

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Wolfgang-Baron.myopenid.com

Hi, Am Fr 15. Feb 2013, 16:52:23, kmx@volny.cz schrieb: Show quoted text

> unfortunately I am not able to reproduce the failure. > > Reported error: > ERROR: open.2 'wt' failed for C:\StrawberryPerl\perl1.reloc.txt.new

Well, my perl is not going to be installed on C:\. I was trying to install strawberry-perl-5.18.1.1-64bit.msi to D:\Programs\strawberry and the setup wizard ended prematurely: RelocateMSM CustomActionData=MSM;D:\Programs\strawberry\;D:\Programs\strawberry\perl1.reloc.txt Relocate_Worker dir=D:\Programs\strawberry\ file=D:\Programs\strawberry\perl1.reloc.txt Relocate_Worker sDirectoryFrom=C:\strawberry\ ERROR: open.2 'wt' failed for D:\Programs\strawberry\perl1.reloc.txt.new RelocateMSM end CustomAction CA_Relocate_msm.61719D10_6C9C_1014_8F19_DDB236F7176A returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox) Action ended 00:29:46: InstallFinalize. Return value 3. Please make the installation wizard more flexible to allow other directories aswell. I do accpet a limitation on paths without spaces, but it has to be on another drive. Thank you for your efforts!

Tue Nov 12 04:44:59 2013 kmx [...] volny.cz - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #83290] Installing 5.16.2.1 with a custom path fails
Date:	Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:44:45 +0100
To:	bug-Perl-Dist-Strawberry [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	kmx <kmx [...] volny.cz>

It should be possible to install strawberry perl do another drive than C: (e.g. D:\Programs\strawberry) if it fails it is a bug. Anyway on my box the latest strawberry perl installs fine on drive D: However I have experienced an error during uninstall (so there is something strange happening) -- kmx

Fri Nov 22 05:33:53 2013 pothier.joel [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #83290] Installing 5.16.2.1 with a custom path fails
Date:	Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:33:47 +0100
To:	cpan-bug+Perl-Dist-Strawberry [...] hipster.bestpractical.com
From:	Joël Pothier <pothier.joel [...] gmail.com>

Hi, I had also this issue after installing the v.5.18 64 bits MSI version to "C:\perl", un-installing and trying to install new to "C:\". Installing to another custom path different than "C:\" (e.g. "D:\") was however running fine. After several different attempts, I could fix this problem by: - un-installing the MSI version - installing the portable version and run the two .bat files (relocation.pl.bat and update_env.pl.bat) - un-installing the portable version - installing the MSI version with custom path I hope it could help other people in the same situation. Yours sincerely Joël -- Show quoted text

__________________________________________________________________ Mr. Joël POTHIER pothier.joel@gmail.com

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Wed Sep 17 10:44:45 2014 kmx [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

MSI installer was redesigned in 5.20.x series. Please try latest strawberry perl 5.20.1.1. If no new response appears here I will close this ticked 2 weeks from now.

Thu Oct 02 03:18:17 2014 kmx [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'