http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1327
Summary: Can't read .ini when installing driver for Visioneer PaperPort 6000 (a scanner) Product: Wine Version: 20030115 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: wine-files AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.com ReportedBy: dankna@childe.crusoe.net
This is my first time submitting a bug to the wine bugtracker, and I'm not versed in the wine internals; I hope I've fingered the correct module. Apologies if not!
Download 6000.exe from http://www.visioneer.com/support/flatbed/6000downloads.asp
Attempt to install it with "wine 6000.exe"
InstallShield extracts its files, then displays an error dialog, "Missing or Invalid Parameter: UpdateNumber", and stops installing.
I did some tracing: InstallShield calls GetPrivateProfileStringA() to retrieve the UpdateNumber entry from X:\update.exe\UPDATE.INI. Yes, the .ini exists and contains that entry. Its real filename is /tmp/update.ini. /tmp/update.exe is a file, put there by InstallShield.
If I'm reading the trace correctly, it looks like wine's dosfs subsystem is returning /tmp/update.exe/update.ini as the real path, which is obviously wrong. Why a file is being used as a mount point in the first place is a mystery to me...
Hopefully the above procedure should let you reproduce my trace easily, but I can send it if that's required.
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