[pretest, installer]: Broken pipe error when trying to change TEXDIR

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 03:36:16PM +0100, Uwe Siart wrote:
> Uwe Siart <usenet at siart.de> writes:
> 
> > I'm on win10. There I run install-tl-windows.bat with admin privileges
> > from a local repository (rsynced from cstug).
> >
> > When I try to change TEXDIR in the GUI I get "error writing file ...
> > broken pipe" after clicking the button. However, changing TEXMFLOCAL
> > works (gives me a prompt window to enter my changes and also saves my
> > changes).
> 
> Just in case it helps, here's what is shown in the details section of
> the error window:
> 
> error writing "file1c6af1ec430": broken pipe
> error writing "file1c6af1ec430": broken pipe
>     while executing
> "chan puts $::inst "checkdir""
>     (procedure "update_full_path" line 6)
>     invoked from within
> "update_full_path"
>     (procedure "texdir_setup" line 88)
>     invoked from within
> "texdir_setup"
>     invoked from within
> ".tdirb invoke "
>     invoked from within
> ".tdirb instate !disabled { .tdirb invoke } "
>     invoked from within
> ".tdirb instate pressed { .tdirb state !pressed; .tdirb instate !disabled { .tdirb invoke } } "
>     (command bound to event)

What is the full path of the directory you are trying to change to?

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg