10359 - [8.3] raptor .DLL names too long for Win9x

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: Layout, defect, P3)

Description

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Raptor .DLL names need to be 8.3 on Win9x.  See bug 10355

They probably shouldn't say "raptor" anymore, anyway...

Comment 1

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

specifically
- raptorhtmlpars.dll
- raptorplugin.dll
- raptorgfxwin.dll
- raptorview.dll
- raptorweb.dll
- raptorhtml.dll

Comment 2

[troy]

I'm not the right one to fix this, plus I'm perfectly happy with the names the
way they are now. If it's an installer problem, then let's fix the installer or
get someone on the release team to help make the change

Comment 3

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

No it's not an installer problem, it is a Win9x problem. It has a mechanism for
replacing in-use files, and that mechanism requires 8.3 names. Those are the
OS rules, and we have to live with them.

If you're not the right default contact for layout you should contact the
bugzilla folks. If you are the right default contact then part of that job is
reassigning bugs to the right people, not just closing them because you ain't
it.

Comment 4

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Troy: there is a legitimate problem here and saying "WONTFIX" doesn't make it
go away. I can appreciate that YOU don't want to do the work, but you
could at least assign it to someone else, or give permission for someone who
cares to make the change. Since bugzilla thinks you own layout, are you saying

- it's OK if someone else changes the name
- don't change the name--and YOU will invent an alternate mechanism for the
installer to get around Win9x lameness (we don't have time)

or are we going to wait for this problem to surface in the Beta and THEN say
"Oh shit"?  If the first one reassign it to me, I don't care, but I'm not
going to change layout code without some sort of permission from some sort of
nominal owner.

Comment 5

[troy]

- I question whether this is in fact really necessary. All filenames have an 8.3
name in Windows, even those with long filenames. Why can't you just use the 8.3
name, e.g., raptor~1.dll (or whatever the file system tells you it is), when
replacing the DLL?
- you have my permission to change the DLL names if you really need to

Comment 6

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Unfortunately the MS implementation must be to delete the old file first and
then copy the new file -- long file information is completely lost (at least on
Win95, I should check Win98). This means .DLLs loaded from an import lib don't
get found because they now have ONLY the mangled short name. Ditto for
everything we regiser in the component registry, though that is theoretically
under our control and could be changed.

Comment 7

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

M9 would be great, M10 at the latest.

Comment 8

[brendan-obsolete]

Hey dp, weren't you gonna fix these overlong, trademark-abusing names?

/be

Comment 9

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Fixed 10/9

Comment 10

[Chris Petersen]

Based on Dveditz comments, marking as verified fixed in the Oct 21 build.