[Bug 33848] New: InstallShield fails to install any files on NTFS / FAT32 partitions, while others can...

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33848

Bug #: 33848
           Summary: InstallShield fails to install any files on NTFS /
                    FAT32 partitions, while others can...
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.5.0
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

When you install a software that uses InstallShield (like Crysis, No One Lives
Forever 2, Myth 3 :P) on a NTFS / FAT32 partition, it fails the installation
right away with this error:
Access Denied

Other setup software like NSIS are able to install on those partitions (like
Notepad++)...

This bug is veeeery old (bug [17776])

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Quote from bug [17776]:

Specfically -- and this is a guess -- I think stat() is returning different
values for files not yet committed to disk. IShield sees this, and assumes it's
being silently denied access to certain features when in fact what it wanted
actually happened, it's just being hidden due to this bug.

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The solution then should be (IMHO) to implement a wrapper for the equivalent of
stat() in Windows that takes into account these differences and returns what
Windows' apps expect to get...

I set the bug's severity as major and not normal because it makes Wine fail
at "Emulating" Windows (yeah, I know, WINE Is not an Emulator :P) with a so
important setup software like InstallShield...

BTW shouldn't then the bug be related to IS?
Maybe, but anyway this denotes a difference in behaviour with Windows that I
think should be solved...

Anyway these are only my opinions... :)

[Bug 33848] InstallShield fails to install any files on NTFS / FAT32 partitions, while others can...

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33848

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|                            |download, Installer
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
                URL|                            |http://us.download.nvidia.c
                   |                            |om/downloads/nZone/demos/nz
                   |                            |d_BioShockPC.zip
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
     Ever Confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #1 from Austin English  2013-06-21 16:59:30 CDT ---
The Bioshock demo shows this issue, though this may be a kernel bug.

austin@aw25 ~ $ sha1sum nzd_BioShockPC.zip 
7a19186602cec5210e4505b58965e8c04945b3cf  nzd_BioShockPC.zip
austin@aw25 ~ $ du -h nzd_BioShockPC.zip 
1.9G    nzd_BioShockPC.zip
austin@aw25 ~ $ wine --version
wine-1.6-rc2-49-g15171d8

[Bug 33848] InstallShield fails to install any files on NTFS / FAT32 partitions, while others can...

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33848

--- Comment #2 from Austin English  2013-06-21 17:00:35 CDT ---
Created attachment 44899
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=44899
screenshot of the error

[Bug 33848] InstallShield fails to install any files on NTFS / FAT32 partitions, while others can...

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33848

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Severity|major                       |enhancement

[Bug 33848] InstallShield fails to install any files on NTFS / FAT32 partitions, while others can...

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joaopa  changed:

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                 CC|                            |[e-mail]

--- Comment #3 from joaopa  ---
At least, the bug is gone with wine-3.20 and ubuntu 18_10.
This bug can be close as FIXED.
Can an administrator close this bug as FIXED?

[Bug 33848] InstallShield fails to install any files on NTFS / FAT32 partitions, while others can...

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Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |FIXED
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

--- Comment #4 from Austin English  ---
(In reply to joaopa from comment #3)
> At least, the bug is gone with wine-3.20 and ubuntu 18_10.
> This bug can be close as FIXED.
> Can an administrator close this bug as FIXED?

Works for me as well, in wine-4.17-126-g15bf3eee2c

[Bug 33848] InstallShield fails to install any files on NTFS / FAT32 partitions, while others can...

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Alexandre Julliard  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #5 from Alexandre Julliard  ---
Closing bugs fixed in 4.18.