[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #478: MSYS Console fails to start when installed in Windows at a path with spaces.

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#478: MSYS Console fails to start when installed in Windows at a path with
spaces.
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Reporter: pavloskatsonis | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
     Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 6.3.1
Component: default | Version: 6.3.0 RCs
Keywords: MSYS console | Platform: MSWindows 2K
      Cpu: x86-64 |
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The MSYS Console fails to start when installed in Windows in a directory
whose path contains spaces, with the error message:
"It's not possible to find file "C:\Program"....." (approximate
translation).

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#478: MSYS Console fails to start when installed in Windows at a path with
spaces.
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  Reporter: pavloskatsonis | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
      Type: defect | Status: new
  Priority: blocker | Milestone: 6.3.1
Component: default | Version: 6.3.0 RCs
Resolution: | Keywords: MSYS console
  Platform: MSWindows 2K | Cpu: x86-64
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Comment (by hamish):

is this still the case with the latest 6.4.0rc4 stand-alone installer?

Hamish

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/478#comment:1&gt;
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#478: MSYS Console fails to start when installed in Windows at a path with
spaces.
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  Reporter: pavloskatsonis | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
      Type: defect | Status: closed
  Priority: blocker | Milestone: 6.3.1
Component: default | Version: 6.3.0 RCs
Resolution: duplicate | Keywords: MSYS console, wingrass
  Platform: MSWindows 2K | Cpu: x86-64
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Changes (by hamish):

  * keywords: MSYS console => MSYS console, wingrass
  * status: new => closed
  * resolution: => duplicate

Comment:

Hi,

The MSys developers have indicated that installing it in "Program Files"
is not (and will not be) supported. Sorry.

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102435&aid=1511614&group_id=2435

closing this bug as a duplicate of #629. see there for further discussion.

Hamish

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