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authorTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2003-05-08 18:13:59 (GMT)
committerTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2003-05-08 18:13:59 (GMT)
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Leading "C:" no longer hardcoded in the default installation directory.
After removing that, two testers on machines where C: is not the system drive reported that the installer suggested their system drive instead of C:, and that's what they wanted it to do.
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@@ -203,11 +203,20 @@ end
item: End Block
end
item: Remark
- Text=Note from Tim: doesn't seem to be a way to get the true boot drive, the Wizard hardcodes "C".
+ Text=Note from Tim: The Wizard hardcod "C:" at the start of the replacement text for MAINDIR.
+end
+item: Remark
+ Text=That's not appropriate if the system drive doesn't happen to be C:.
+end
+item: Remark
+ Text=I removed the "C:", and that did the right thing for two people who tested it on non-C: machines,
+end
+item: Remark
+ Text=but it's unclear whether it will always do the right thing.
end
item: Set Variable
Variable=MAINDIR
- Value=C:\%MAINDIR%
+ Value=\%MAINDIR%
Flags=00001100
end
item: Remark