[Bug 41300] New: BV_Ana scientific software (Brainvision) attempts to access invalid license file path

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41300

Bug ID: 41300
           Summary: BV_Ana scientific software (Brainvision) attempts to
                    access invalid license file path
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.9.12
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 55627
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=55627
bv_ana_console_log_trunc

WineHQ Forum thread:
https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=27355&sid=4e52de6ff33e3...

bv_Ana application fails after attempting to access license key:

138501.970:0027:0028:Call KERNEL32.GetFullPathNameA(0057cfb8
":\brainvision\ana20160420_anaOnly_x64\program\license.txt",00000104,0023f0a0,0023ee98)
ret=1401966e9

It appears to decide to attempt access an absolute path without a valid drive
letter specifier. The application fails to start saying it can't write to path:

":\brainvision\ana20160420_anaOnly_x64\program\license.txt"

which is naturally treated by wine as relative file access - starting with
directory :

I've attached a:
WINEDEBUG=+all
console log (truncated to prior and including the above line). I can't see/
find where the application detects what system drive letter it is installed to
(assuming it even bothers to)...

I've developed a couple of hacky patches that sanitise all wine ANSI path
accesses - simply remove a leading : (colon) character (if present). These are
also attached. These patches allow the demo-licensed version of the application
to launch successfully (with no overrides) and it appears to function
reasonably well (tested in a 64-bit Wineprefix on Gentoo w/ wine staging git
master).

The patches merely demonstrate that the license path issue is ALL that is
stopping this piece of software from working! They are definitely not intended
for production use!

[Bug 41300] BV_Ana scientific software (Brainvision) attempts to access invalid license file path

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41300

--- Comment #1 from Robert Walker  ---
Created attachment 55628
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=55628
wine-1.9.18-kernel_file_strip_colon.patch

[Patch 1/2]

[Bug 41300] BV_Ana scientific software (Brainvision) attempts to access invalid license file path

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41300

--- Comment #2 from Robert Walker  ---
Created attachment 55629
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=55629
wine-1.9.18-kernel_path_strip_colon.patch

[Patch 2/2]

[Bug 41300] BV_Ana scientific software (Brainvision) - version ana20160420 (64-bit) - attempts to access invalid license file path

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41300

Robert Walker  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Summary|BV_Ana scientific software  |BV_Ana scientific software
                   |(Brainvision) attempts to   |(Brainvision) - version
                   |access invalid license file |ana20160420 (64-bit) -
                   |path                        |attempts to access invalid
                   |                            |license file path

[Bug 41300] BV_Ana scientific software (Brainvision) - version ana20160420 (64-bit) - attempts to access invalid license file path

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41300

Dmitry Timoshkov  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
           Keywords|                            |download
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
                URL|                            |http://www.scimedia.com/fis
                   |                            |/support/download/bva/ana20
                   |                            |160420_anaOnly_x64.exe

--- Comment #3 from Dmitry Timoshkov  ---
This looks like a bug in the application, it expects to be run from the
explorer
shell. A workaround is to use 'start.exe' as the program launcher:

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/brainvision/ana20160420_anaOnly_x64/program/
wine start BV_Ana.exe

[Bug 41300] BV_Ana scientific software (Brainvision) - version ana20160420 (64-bit) - attempts to access invalid license file path

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41300

Gijs Vermeulen  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                URL|http://www.scimedia.com/fis |https://web.archive.org/web
                   |/support/download/bva/ana20 |/20170423000230if_/http://s
                   |160420_anaOnly_x64.exe      |cimedia.com/fis/support/dow
                   |                            |nload/bva/ana20160420_anaOn
                   |                            |ly_x64.exe

--- Comment #4 from Gijs Vermeulen  ---
It seems that directly running BV_Ana.exe works with
wine-6.18-241-ga87abdbe857, using a 64bit prefix in winxp mode.

Robert, can you confirm?

Adding a stable download.

$ sha1sum ana20160420_anaOnly_x64.exe
c9784c2696e9c6dbc37c13908ba86bf0fddca600  ana20160420_anaOnly_x64.exe

$ du -sh ana20160420_anaOnly_x64.exe
21M    ana20160420_anaOnly_x64.exe