[Bug 1140] New: - Problem parsing comments in Setup .INFs

http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140

           Summary: Problem parsing comments in Setup .INFs
           Product: Wine
           Version: 20010112
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://download.microsoft.com/download/msdnlib/Install/1
                    .32/W9X2KMeXP/EN-US/htmlhelp.exe
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-misc
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs(a)winehq.com
        ReportedBy: j_r_fonseca(a)yahoo.co.uk


It seems that WINE Setup API has problem parsing comments in .INFs. For
instance, when trying to install HTML Help Workshop above the Setup fails with
the message:

Incorrect INF file syntax in section 'HHWDestinationDir             ; Ask user
for custom destination'

Uncompressing the self-extracting package and removing the comments avoids the
problem:

  cabextract htmlhelp.exe
  mv htmlhelp.inf htmlhelp.inf.orig
  sed -e 's/;.*$//g' htmlhelp.inf.orig > htmlhelp.inf
  wine setup.exe

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