Windows PATH variable truncated

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Hi, Pierre.

I just downloaded and installed Python(x,y) 2.1.0 Full Edition for myself
as a single user under Win XP/Pro SP 3. I had previously installed 2.0.3
which I allowed the new installer to automatically uninstall.  After
installation, I notice that my PATH environment variable's contents have
been truncated.  I don't have a copy of the previous contents, but the new
contents are a string of length 297 characters (much shorter than before): 
c:\TeXLive\bin\win32;C:\Program Files\pythonxy\python;C:\Program
Files\pythonxy\python\DLLs;C:\Program
Files\pythonxy\python\Scripts;C:\WINDOWS\System32;C:\Program
Files\pythonxy\python\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4;C:\Program
Files\pythonxy\console;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\Shared Files\idvc

Notice that the final entry is now incomplete.

Thanks,
Peter Simon

Original issue reported on code.google.com by petersam...@hotmail.com on 29 Sep 2008 at 8:38

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Hi Peter,

Thanks for reporting this.
After a quick search it seems to be a well-known bug of the NSIS plugin that I'm
using to add/remove paths to the PATH environment variable: above a certain 
string
lenght, the paths are truncated.

This major bug will be fixed in next release (2.1.2).

Thanks again,
Pierre Raybaut

Original comment by pierre.raybaut on 6 Oct 2008 at 3:04

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Original comment by pierre.raybaut on 9 Oct 2008 at 8:47

• Changed state: Fixed

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Hi, Pierre.

Thanks for locating and fixing this bug.  I remain a huge fan of Python(x,y)!

--Peter

Original comment by petersam...@hotmail.com on 10 Oct 2008 at 10:01