bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #52102, Installer assumes w10

 
 

bug #52102: Installer assumes w10

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Sat 23 Sep 2017 07:41:21 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 3 - LowItem Group: None
Status: DuplicateAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Originator Email: -unavailable-
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 4.2.1
Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Sun 24 Sep 2017 07:40:37 PM UTC, comment #4:

Yes sounds like the same issue that should be fixed per comment #3, although I did not have access to a win8.1 machine to test it.

Actual version numbers for windows changed location in the registry in windows 8 and higher, so the installer tries to read those first

John Donoghue <lostbard>
Project Member
Sun 24 Sep 2017 01:23:56 PM UTC, comment #3:

..and AFAICS it seems to have been fixed here:
http://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/rev/05b44661c970
(see bug #50552)

Unfortunately for the OP the 4.2.1. installer has been created long before this issue was fixed. I'm unsure if the patch has ever been tested on Windows 8.1, but looking into the above patch I think it should work fine.

I'll cc JohnD, if he agrees this bug can be closed as duplicate of bug #50552.

Philip Nienhuis <philipnienhuis>
Project Member
Sun 24 Sep 2017 11:13:24 AM UTC, comment #2:

I think the issue is that the installer checks some registry values representing the installed Windows version and thinks any number above the one for -say- Windows 8 indicates a Windows 10 box.

There have been other reports on this already quite some time ago, in the bug tracker or mailing list. But AFAIU his has been fixed.

The again, maybe Win 8.1 fell in between somehow?

Philip Nienhuis <philipnienhuis>
Project Member
Sat 23 Sep 2017 08:16:47 PM UTC, comment #1:

Please give some more information about what this bug report is about.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Sat 23 Sep 2017 07:41:21 PM UTC, original submission:

when installing the installer assumes a windows 10 system although it is actually w8.1

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