[wpkg-users] expand variables in debug output?

Rainer Meier r.meier at wpkg.org
Fri May 16 19:33:29 CEST 2008


Hi Joe,

Joe wrote:
> At least I would have seen...
> 
> msiexec \\R4p17\VOL1\apps\WPKG\Programs\\OpenOffice\openofficeorg24.msi
> 
> instead of...
> 
> msiexec \\R4p17\VOL1\apps\WPKG\Programs\OpenOffice\openofficeorg24.msi

So msiexec might have problems with double backslashes in path? I would 
consider this to be a bug since c:\\\\\\Windows is equal to C:\Windows - 
as well as C:\.\.\.\.\Windows ;-)

But I ought to remember that I had a similar problem once... strange 
msiexec behavior.

br,
Rainer



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