Bug 688831

Summary: gs854w32-gpl.exe creates AFPL registry entry instead of GPL
Product: Ghostscript Reporter: charles <impala>
Component: Config/InstallAssignee: Russell Lang <gsview>
Status: NOTIFIED FIXED    
Severity: major    
Priority: P4    
Version: 8.54   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
Customer: Word Size: ---

Description charles 2006-08-08 16:25:12 UTC 
The default install of gs854w32-gpl.exe on a fresh windows is broken.
The default path it uses for GS_LIB is C:\gs\gs8.54\lib because the registry key
it installs for GS_LIB is not the same registry key it searches for GS_LIB.
AND, C:\gs\gs8.54\lib does not exist because the default installation folder is
C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.54\lib 

I'm going to write this as two bugs because I think this needs to be fixed in
two different places.  This is the bug in the setup routine.

I suppose it's the setupgs.exe inside of gs854w32-gpl.exe that creates this
registry key:  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AFPL Ghostscript] 
instead of: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GPL Ghostscript]

gswin32c.exe does not find the GS_LIB registry value if it's in the
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AFPL Ghostscript] 
but it does find it in the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GPL Ghostscript]

However, with the default install of gs854w32-gpl.exe there is no
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GPL Ghostscript] for gswin32c.exe to find.  

This combined with the fact that the last resort GS_LIB path hardcoded into the
.EXE and .DLL doesn't exist results in a default install being broken from the
command line.
Comment 1 charles 2006-08-08 16:58:10 UTC 
here is the other bug I promised for the last resort path (GS_LIB_DEFAULT?) for
GS_LIB hardcoded into gswin32.exe; gswin32c.exe and gsdll32.dll not being in
harmony with the default install path:    see bug 688832



The combination of these two bugs means a default install on a fresh copy of
WindowsXP is broken from the command line.  Fixing either one would make it work
again, but I think they both deserve to be fixed.
Comment 2 charles 2006-08-08 17:01:49 UTC 
I meant to include the error I see:

C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.54\bin>gswin32c.exe
GPL Ghostscript 8.54: Can't find initialization file gs_init.ps.
Comment 3 Ralph Giles 2006-08-14 17:09:07 UTC 
Russell Lang did a new build which should fix this. Assigning to him for
confirmation.

Russell, please close when you've committed the changes to SVN.