[Bug 51925] New: TeXLive linux binaries are launched incorrectly from Wine

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51925

Bug ID: 51925
           Summary: TeXLive linux binaries are launched incorrectly from
                    Wine
           Product: Wine
           Version: 6.20
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ntdll
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Linux TeXLive binaries can be successfully started, e.g., by WinEdt shell under
Wine. Nevertheless, TeXLive components use mktex.opt file to find out the
platform they are run on, based on environment variables. As Wine leaves
ComSpec variable set, mktex.opt deduces it is on Windows, but cannot find dirs
for fonts and metrics, hence puts temporary files in a working directory.

Steps to reproduce (assume TeXLive distribution is installed and working):

1. Unpack winedt-1.41e

http://ftp.itam.mx/pub/academico/investig/latex/LaTeXWin/winedt16.zip

2. Start winedt.exe and open any LaTeX file

3. Change LaTeX entry in menu to make it start LaTeX in XTerm, e.g.

"z:\usr\bin\xterm" -T LaTeX -e /usr/bin/latex "%N%T"

4. Run LaTeX and observe *.tfm files created in the directory with LaTeX
document instead of the proper directories for this.

Here is a part of the output of "env | sort" in XTerm run from WinEdt:

...
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramW6432=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=SHELTER
ComSpec=C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/kde3/lib64/qt3/include
DISPLAY=:0.0
FVWM_64=64
...

To avoid this, there should be a way to prohibit Wine to pass some Windows
environment variables to Unix binaries.

[Bug 51925] TeXLive linux binaries are launched incorrectly from Wine

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51925

O. Nykyforchyn  changed:

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[Bug 51925] TeXLive linux binaries are launched incorrectly from Wine

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51925

--- Comment #1 from Alexandre Julliard  ---
I'd suggest to write a small wrapper script for this.

[Bug 51925] TeXLive linux binaries are launched incorrectly from Wine

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51925

--- Comment #2 from O. Nykyforchyn  ---
Created attachment 70893
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=70893
test wrapper script

(In reply to Alexandre Julliard from comment #1)
> I'd suggest to write a small wrapper script for this.

It is attached. It is better to run it in a separate directory. The bash script
downloads WinEdt, unzips the archive, makes changes to the initialization file,
and starts WinEdt. The only thing to do manually is to open the just created
file test-doc.tex and run LaTeX on it (the third icon from the left in the
second row). Then one can observe how a font is created, and it can be found
later in the directory with the script.

[Bug 51925] TeXLive linux binaries are launched incorrectly from Wine

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--- Comment #3 from Alexandre Julliard  ---
What I mean is to write a wrapper script that unsets ComSpec and runs
/usr/bin/latex, and use that in the menu entry.

[Bug 51925] TeXLive linux binaries are launched incorrectly from Wine

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--- Comment #4 from O. Nykyforchyn  ---
I already did it, but it adds an unnecessary level of complexity, and creates
problems, e.g., with treatments of special characters in names and parameters
(extra escaping, sometimes rather complicated).

In fact I have written a patch to Wine that allows to do smth like

WINEDROPENVFORUNIX=ComSpec,COMSPEC wine winedt.exe

but I would prefer a stable solution from Wine developers.

[Bug 51925] TeXLive linux binaries are launched incorrectly from Wine

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51925

--- Comment #5 from O. Nykyforchyn  ---
Created attachment 70920
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=70920
Patch to NTDLL

The attached patch works for me.

WINEDROPENVFORUNIX=help wine notepad

prints a help message:

Syntax:
  WINEDROPENVFORUNIX=entry,entry,entry..."
    where each entry is a name of an environment variable
    which will be unset by Wine when building an environment
    for any Unix process started from a Windows binary.

Example:
  WINEDROPENVFORUNIX=ComSpec,COMSPEC,MANPATH

You can also override PATH, HOME, TEMP, or TMP variables passed
    to Unix processes by setting UNIXPATH, UNIXHOME, UNIXTEMP,
    or UNIXTMP respectively.

Thus some "fine tuning" of an environment for a Unix process is possible.

[Bug 51925] TeXLive linux binaries are launched incorrectly from Wine

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--- Comment #6 from O. Nykyforchyn  ---
On

UNIXTMP=/tmp/wrapper \
UNIXPATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin \
UNIXQTDIR=/opt/qt3 \
WINEDROPENVFORUNIX=ComSpec,COMSPEC \
WINEDEBUG=+environ \
wine "z:/usr/share/texmf-local/winedt/winedt.exe" -E=$HOME/.winedt/winedt.ini
2>&1 | tee ~/wine.log

there are lines

0024:trace:environ:get_initial_environment cannot override: UNIXQTDIR=/opt/qt3
0024:trace:environ:get_initial_environment overriding: UNIXTMP=/tmp/wrapper
...
0110:trace:environ:build_envp environment variables ComSpec,COMSPEC will be
dropped for a Unix binary
0110:trace:environ:build_envp dropping environment variable
ComSpec=C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

in the log. Here are the difference between env | sort output for the unpatched
and patched version:

CommonProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
 CommonProgramW6432=C:\Program Files\Common Files
 COMPUTERNAME=SHELTER
-ComSpec=C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
 CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/kde3/lib64/qt3/include
 DISPLAY=:0.0
 FVWM_64=64
@@ -80,8 +79,7 @@
 SystemRoot=C:\windows
 T1LIB_CONFIG=/usr/share/t1lib/t1lib.config
 TERM=xterm
-UNIXQTDIR=/opt/qt3
-UNIXTMP=/tmp/wrapper
+TMP=/tmp/wrapper
 USERDOMAIN=SHELTER
 USERNAME=nick
 USER=nick
@@ -89,9 +87,8 @@
 _=/usr/bin/env
 VDPAU_LOG=0
 windir=C:\windows
-WINDOWID=60817420
+WINDOWID=62914572
 WINEDEBUG=+environ
-WINEDROPENVFORUNIX=ComSpec,COMSPEC

WINEPATH=C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\windows\system32\wbem;C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0
 WINETEMP=C:\users\nick\Temp
 WINETMP=C:\users\nick\Temp

i.e., the patch seems to work as expected.

[Bug 51925] TeXLive linux binaries are launched incorrectly from Wine

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51925

Ken Sharp  changed:

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                URL|                            |http://ftp.itam.mx/pub/acad
                   |                            |emico/investig/latex/LaTeXW
                   |                            |in/winedt16.zip
           Keywords|                            |download, patch

[Bug 51925] TeXLive linux binaries are launched incorrectly from Wine

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Timothy mcdonald  changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Timothy mcdonald  ---
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