NSIS: Error launching the installer when login name contains some non-ascii characters #13817

issue MarcoFalke opened this issue on July 31, 2018
  1. MarcoFalke commented at 2:06 PM on July 31, 2018: member

    Steps to reproduce:

    • Install Windows 7
    • Create user a_ä_α_Б
    • Launch installer (Tested for 0.16.2 and current master)

    screenshot from 2018-07-31 10-02-37

  2. MarcoFalke added the label Windows on Jul 31, 2018
  3. MarcoFalke added the label Build system on Jul 31, 2018
  4. MarcoFalke renamed this:
    NSIS: Error launching the installer when login name contains some characters
    NSIS: Error launching the installer when login name contains some non-ascii characters
    on Jul 31, 2018
  5. fanquake commented at 9:11 AM on August 1, 2018: member

    I've started looking into some of these issues. Using a binary compiled on WSL, launching for the first time (Windows 10) we can't create the data directory: <img width="492" alt="wsl" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/863730/43512479-c7c4f7f8-95ad-11e8-9fd7-5b758f8cc606.png">

  6. ken2812221 commented at 10:32 AM on August 1, 2018: contributor

    @fanquake I believe that issue can be fixed by #13787.(with leveldb change)

  7. ken2812221 cross-referenced this on Aug 1, 2018 from issue [WIP] depends: Add native_nsis to support unicode by ken2812221
  8. MarcoFalke commented at 5:25 PM on February 13, 2019: member

    Potentially fixed by #13827

  9. MarcoFalke cross-referenced this on Aug 9, 2019 from issue [Chasing Feedback] guix: Tracking ticket for eventual release build transition by dongcarl
  10. MarcoFalke commented at 4:51 PM on January 2, 2020: member

    An alternative to fix this would be to bump to Ubuntu Focal in gitian. This is fixed in nsis3. https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/nsis

  11. MarcoFalke cross-referenced this on Nov 23, 2020 from issue build: Fix Windows installer build by achow101
  12. MarcoFalke commented at 6:43 AM on February 11, 2021: member

    This is probably fixed by #21036

  13. fanquake referenced this in commit 495b1b3145 on Mar 2, 2021
  14. fanquake referenced this in commit 9086e0dd3c on Mar 2, 2021
  15. fanquake cross-referenced this on Mar 2, 2021 from issue build: set Unicode true for NSIS installer by fanquake
  16. hebasto commented at 11:44 AM on March 2, 2021: member

    I can confirm this bug on Windows 10 Pro (20H2, build 19042.804):

    Windows 10_02_03_2021_13_43_16

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#13787 Test for Windows encoding issue#13827 [WIP] depends: Add native_nsis to support unicode#16496 [Chasing Feedback] guix: Tracking ticket for eventual release build transition#20449 build: Fix Windows installer build#21036 gitian: Bump descriptors to Focal for 22.0#21333 build: set Unicode true for NSIS installer
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