http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3699
Summary: Powerbuilder 10 demo fails install Product: Wine Version: CVS Platform: Other URL: http://www.sybase.com/products/developmentintegration/po werbuilder OS/Version: other Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: wine-misc AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: dank@kegel.com
Powerbuilder is a big "kitchen-sink" sort of application with six subinstallers. To install it, you have to first install MDAC 2.6 or higher. I installed MDAC 2.7sp1, since I have luck installing that into an empty wine directory. Because of bug 3636, I use a script to unpack all the registered CABs the MDAC installer installs but doesn't unpack; I'll include the script I use.
To reproduce this, register for the Powerbuilder 10 trial at sybase.com, download and unzip all five or six zipfiles, blow away ~/.wine, install mdac 2.7sp1, and run the 'common installer', PB10Eval/PowerBuilder/setup.exe
There will be ten or so little warning dialog boxes complaining about DLLs not being able to register themselves, but that doesn't seem to be a huge issue. The real problem seems to be that the installer gets into a loop or locks up after about the fourth subinstaller.
Now, I don't know how many people will need to install PowerBuilder under Wine, but it's a nice test of whether wine can handle a complicated database-ish installer.