NSIS RunTimeError when using Windows merge packaging

[Janith Dissanayake]

Hi,

Seem to get this error when using Windows merge packaging on the terminal and cshoes.exe. Any ideas? Using the GUI seems to just freeze everything.

Running shoes 3.3.7.

C:\Users\Janith Dissanayake\Documents\Shoes to EXE>cshoes --ruby win-merge.rb merge-build.yaml
DIR = C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes
GEMS_DIR = C:/Users/Janith Dissanayake/APPDATA/Local/.shoes/+gem
Copy Shoes
remove uneeded
copy application
process gems
Deleting activesupport-5.1.2
Deleting byebug-9.0.6
Deleting chipmunk-6.1.3.4
Deleting concurrent-ruby-1.0.5
Deleting bigdecimal-1.2.8
Deleting io-console-0.4.5
Deleting json-1.8.3.1
Deleting psych-2.1.0.1
Deleting rdoc-4.2.1
Deleting did_you_mean-1.0.0
Deleting ethon-0.10.1
Deleting ffi-1.9.18-x86-mingw32
Deleting i18n-0.8.6
Deleting minitest-5.8.5
Deleting mini_portile2-2.2.0
Deleting multi_json-1.12.1
Deleting net-telnet-0.1.1
Deleting nokogiri-1.8.0-x86-mingw32
Deleting picky-4.31.3
Deleting power_assert-0.2.6
Deleting rack_fast_escape-2009.06.24
Deleting rake-10.4.2
Deleting rb-readline-0.5.4
Deleting sqlite3-1.3.13-x86-mingw32
Deleting test-unit-3.1.5
Deleting thread_safe-0.3.6
Deleting typhoeus-1.1.2
Deleting tzinfo-1.2.3
Deleting url_escape-2009.06.24
Deleting win32-shortcut-0.3.0
Deleting yajl-ruby-1.3.0
User gems
make installer - patience please
make_installer
C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes/lib/ruby/2.3.0/fileutils.rb:1388:in `copy': unknown file type: C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes/lib/package/nsis (RuntimeError)
        from C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes/lib/ruby/2.3.0/fileutils.rb:473:in `block in copy_entry'
        from C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes/lib/ruby/2.3.0/fileutils.rb:1499:in `wrap_traverse'
        from C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes/lib/ruby/2.3.0/fileutils.rb:470:in `copy_entry'
        from C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes/lib/ruby/2.3.0/fileutils.rb:445:in `block in cp_r'
        from C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes/lib/ruby/2.3.0/fileutils.rb:1572:in `block in fu_each_src_dest'
        from C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes/lib/ruby/2.3.0/fileutils.rb:1586:in `fu_each_src_dest0'
        from C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes/lib/ruby/2.3.0/fileutils.rb:1570:in `fu_each_src_dest'
        from C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes/lib/ruby/2.3.0/fileutils.rb:444:in `cp_r'
        from C:/Program Files (x86)/Shoes/lib/package/merge-exe.rb:120:in `merge_exe'
        from win-merge.rb:18:in `<main>'

[Cecil Coupe]

Given the stack trace - merge-exe.rb, and looking at the code, either the source of the copy has something wrong or the destination has something wrong. There's not that much in that nsis directory

ccoupe@bronco:~/Projects/shoes3/mxe64/lib/package/nsis$ ls
base.nsi          FileAssociation.nsh  installer-2.bmp
EnvVarUpdate.nsh  installer-1.bmp      shoes.ico

I suspect the source directory is OK. You can read the code yourself to see what's going on. It's pretty much just clever copying. I will note that spaces in directory names like Shoes to EXE is not a good idea for any ruby based code.

[Janith Dissanayake]

Thanks @ccoupe. I'll keep that in mind.

[Janith Dissanayake]

Hmmm, @ccoupe I dont seem to have the nsis folder in the shoes package folder to begin with. Where can I get it?

[Janith Dissanayake]

Downloading the source and copying over the folder fixed the issue. Since I am running a fresh Windows 10 install and installed Shoes 3.3.7 without any prior installs, can we assume that the nsis folder in lib/package was accidentally not included in the final 3.3.7 release?

[Cecil Coupe]

The missing nsis folder is odd. It should be in there. Nothing has changed with that portion of Shoes (he says). FYI, there is a 3.3.8 beta 64 bit for Win 10 that should help with your scrolling bug.

[Janith Dissanayake]

Strange indeed. Thanks @ccoupe