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#730 Error decompressing data! Corrupted installer?
NSIS 2.34
The windows installer of FreeSnell is built by "make w32install" in the directory unzipped from http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/users/jaffer/FreeSnell.zip
Trying to install the resulting installer (http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/Alpha/FREESNELL-1b6-bad.exe) results in the error message:
FreeSnell 1b6-1 Setup
Error decompressing data! Corrupted installer?
If I remove a particular pair of characters from nk.scm, the installer which is built works fine: http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/Alpha/FREESNELL-1b6-1.exe
I have made larger changes to other files in the distribution, but this sensitivity to nk.scm remains.
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That installer is unbelievably corrupted. I can't believe it even runs.
How *exactly* did you create it? I need step by step details here.
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Install http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/Alpha/SLIB-3a5-1.exe
Install http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/Alpha/SCM-5e4-1.exe
Download and unzip http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/Alpha/FreeSnell-bad.zip
In directory FreeSnell do "makensis FreeSnell.nsi"
Run the resulting FREESNELL-1b6-1.exe
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NSIS version?
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Its the first line of orignal message:
NSIS 2.34
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I still can't reproduce and what I've originally mistaken for a corruption is actually uninitialized icon memory.
Which Windows version? Have you tried completely reinstalling NSIS?
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Yes, I removed NSIS and reinstalled. I still get the Corrupted installer message.
Here is the Windows info:
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name AUBREY
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model Pavilion zd7000 (DS487U#ABA)
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard F.34, 7/12/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.31
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name AUBREY\Aubrey Jaffer
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 141.92 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
fixed stubs
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Wow, that was quite a bug you had me chase down there... Took me a while but I finally found out what was wrong and why it couldn't decompress anything.
I've attached a fixed version of the Stubs. Make sure you use them with 2.35. You can also wait for 2.36 to come out.
File Added: Stubs.zip