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

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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: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: tesfabpel at gmail.com
    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... :)

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