Thread: BUG #13621: Program paths are registered incorrectly.
The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 13621 Logged by: Eugene Email address: userob@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 9.4.4 Operating system: Windows 8.1 Pro x64 Description: The 9.4.4 version for windows registers its paths in registry with "/" instead of "\".
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 6:37 AM, <userob@gmail.com> wrote: > Bug reference: 13621 > Logged by: Eugene > Email address: userob@gmail.com > PostgreSQL version: 9.4.4 > Operating system: Windows 8.1 Pro x64 > Description: > > The 9.4.4 version for windows registers its paths in registry with "/" > instead of "\". To which entries of the windows registry are you referring to and how are you installing Postgres on Windows? Note that both slashes and backslashes are compatible on Windows, so that's not really an issue in any case whichever the ways those registry entries are used in your environment and/or by the installer used. -- Michael
Environment: windows 8.1 pro x64 with no extra software installed.
Install the postgresql-9.4.4-3-windows.exe binary with default settings and proceed with installing PostGIS extention (PostGIS 2.1 Bundle for PostgreSQL 9.4 (32-bit v2.1.8) with Stack Builder.
On the Choose Intallation Location screen of PostGIS intallation (see attached screnshot) the Destination Folder will be pre-filled with the value from the PostgreSQL Base Directory registry key but you won't be able to proceed unless you replace slashes with backslathes.
Probably this is a PostGIS installer issue because there is no such problem with x64 PostgreSQL+PostGIS bundle although the Base directory is also defined with slashes in the registry but is desplayed with backslashes on the Choose Intallation Location screen of PostGIS installer.
Here is a the list of registry keys with slashes in the paths which are created at program installation.
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\pgAdmin3.exe\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/9.4\\bin\\pgAdmin3.exe\" -q -f \"%1\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
\PostgreSQL 9.4]
"InstallLocation"="C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/9.4"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-9.4]
"Base Directory"="C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/9.4"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PostgreSQL Global Development Group\PostgreSQL]
"Location"="C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/9.4"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\PostgreSQL]
"EventMessageFile"="C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/9.4\\lib\\pgevent.dll"
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The user of slashes instead of backslathes in the Base Directory key cause an issue when installing PostG
2015-09-15 21:52 GMT+03:00 Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>:
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 6:37 AM, <userob@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bug reference: 13621
> Logged by: Eugene
> Email address: userob@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.4.4
> Operating system: Windows 8.1 Pro x64
> Description:
>
> The 9.4.4 version for windows registers its paths in registry with "/"
> instead of "\".
To which entries of the windows registry are you referring to and how
are you installing Postgres on Windows? Note that both slashes and
backslashes are compatible on Windows, so that's not really an issue
in any case whichever the ways those registry entries are used in your
environment and/or by the installer used.
--
Michael
