[Laszlo-dev] Flex vs. pathnames with spaces [Was: trunk and weather]

[P T Withington]

[Redirecting to laszlo-dev.  Perhaps someone in the community has an  
idea.]

Did you look at the 'binaries' in WEB-INF/bin?  Are any of those  
involved in calling the compiler?  Because, for instance, the 'binary'  
called 'asc' computes FLEX_HOME, but fails to quote it when it uses  
it.  From the comment (which says that it is the 'fdb' launch script),  
I am guessing this is a common pattern they may have replicated.

On 2008-06-16, at 19:23 EDT, Henry Minsky wrote:

> I reported the bug to adobe. In their bug database there were some
> similar bugs but they
> were all marked closed, so I wonder if there is some workaround we
> don't know about.
>
> In the meantime, if you install tonight's nightly build, and then
> remove the spaces from the
> "OpenLaszlo Server 4.2.x" directory name, and restart the LPS server,
> it should successfully compile
> swf9 apps.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Henry Minsky  
> <henry.minsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don't know if this bug occurs on Windows, this may be a MacOSX  
>> only bug.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 5:48 PM, David Temkin <temkin at laszlosystems.com 
>> > wrote:
>>> I don't think that will be enough. What makes it really hard to  
>>> work around
>>> is the default placement under "Program Files" on Windows.
>>>
>>> And then, users will want to install it elsewhere and we'll be  
>>> stuck with
>>> the bug anyway. I think we need to fix it.
>>>
>>> BTW, we once had a version of this bug in our own code a few years  
>>> back.
>>> Also I remember Apple having a version of this in an iTunes  
>>> updater that
>>> wound up wiping out user data as a result of the bug.
>>>
>>> - D.
>>>
>>> On Jun 16, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Henry Minsky wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tucker suggested an expedient fix, which would be to not put  
>>>> spaces in
>>>> the default installation path.
>>>> Can we install to
>>>>
>>>> OpenLaszloServer4.2.x
>>>> or
>>>> OpenLaszlo_Server_4.2.x
>>>>
>>>> instead of
>>>> OpenLaszlo Server 4.2.x?
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise, I don't know how long it is going to take me to figure  
>>>> out
>>>> how to make
>>>> their compiler deal with this, and if they haven't fixed it since
>>>> 2006, my guess is it might
>>>> not be trivial...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:56 PM, David Temkin <temkin at laszlosystems.com 
>>>> >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> ah, good!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 16, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Henry Minsky wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The bug happens when the LPS is installed on MacOSX in a pathname
>>>>>> which contains spaces. It is apparently
>>>>>> a known flex compiler bug.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We're trying to find a fix for it. Luckily we have the flex  
>>>>>> source
>>>>>> code...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:17 AM, P T Withington <ptw at laszlosystems.com 
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Remember there are those copy targets for the 'manifest' some  
>>>>>>> of which
>>>>>>> translate when copying.  Maybe your files are not in the right  
>>>>>>> list?
>>>>>>> Or
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> being filtered out by extension?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2008-06-16, at 10:49 EDT, Henry Minsky wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hmm, still broken, the directories I added are not showing up  
>>>>>>>> in the
>>>>>>>> installer that gets built.
>>>>>>>> I'm going to look at the build-distro ant targets more  
>>>>>>>> closely...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Henry Minsky
>>>>>>>> <hminsky at laszlosystems.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I modified the "build-dist-dir-core" target, and I thought  
>>>>>>>>> that every
>>>>>>>>> variant of the installers would use that, but maybe
>>>>>>>>> I missed something ? When I did an ant dist-one, I looked  
>>>>>>>>> and the
>>>>>>>>> staging directory it built had the flex directories in it,  
>>>>>>>>> but I
>>>>>>>>> didn't actually build an installer on my machine.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Maybe Mamye can help out and see what is on the nightly build
>>>>>>>>> machine,
>>>>>>>>> to see if it actually got the updated
>>>>>>>>> build.xml yet.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:37 PM, David Temkin
>>>>>>>>> <temkin at laszlosystems.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> does the installer need to be modified? or did you check  
>>>>>>>>>> this with
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> "servlet only" build?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Jun 15, 2008, at 5:14 AM, Henry Minsky wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm, for some reason the nightly build last night does not  
>>>>>>>>>>> contain
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> new directories. Either I missed some
>>>>>>>>>>> time window with my checkin, or else I have to check with  
>>>>>>>>>>> Mamye on
>>>>>>>>>>> Monday and see what  the nightly builder
>>>>>>>>>>> machine is doing.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 7:50 PM, David Temkin
>>>>>>>>>>> <temkin at laszlosystems.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> thanks, will download tomorrow...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jun 14, 2008, at 4:37 PM, Henry Minsky wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I checked in what should be the fix, so if a nightly  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> build runs
>>>>>>>>>>>>> tonight, we  can try testing it tomorrow.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Henry Minsky
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <hminsky at laszlosystems.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I see that error when I downloaded the nightly build.  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now I have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> figure out what is different in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nightly build than in trunk. Probably the distro  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> builder needs
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> updated to include some other flex
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> support directories that I added.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Henry Minsky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <hminsky at laszlosystems.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you download a nightly build, or did you check out  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trunk
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> svn
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and "ant build" it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:49 PM, David Temkin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <temkin at laszlosystems.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Henry,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I downloaded/installed trunk and tried to compile  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Weather for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SWF9.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> go.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is this supposed to work?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - D.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Henry Minsky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Henry Minsky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Henry Minsky
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Henry Minsky
>>>>>>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>>>>>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Henry Minsky
>>>>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>>>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Henry Minsky
>>>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Henry Minsky
>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Henry Minsky
>>>> Software Architect
>>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Henry Minsky
>> Software Architect
>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Henry Minsky
> Software Architect
> hminsky at laszlosystems.com