[Bug 1140] New: - Problem parsing comments in Setup .INFs

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http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140

           Summary: Problem parsing comments in Setup .INFs
           Product: Wine
           Version: 20010112
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://download.microsoft.com/download/msdnlib/Install/1
                    .32/W9X2KMeXP/EN-US/htmlhelp.exe
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-misc
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.com
        ReportedBy: j_r_fonseca at yahoo.co.uk


It seems that WINE Setup API has problem parsing comments in .INFs. For
instance, when trying to install HTML Help Workshop above the Setup fails with
the message:

Incorrect INF file syntax in section 'HHWDestinationDir             ; Ask user
for custom destination'

Uncompressing the self-extracting package and removing the comments avoids the
problem:

  cabextract htmlhelp.exe
  mv htmlhelp.inf htmlhelp.inf.orig
  sed -e 's/;.*$//g' htmlhelp.inf.orig > htmlhelp.inf
  wine setup.exe

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