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

[Uwe Siart]

Siep Kroonenberg via tex-live <tex-live at tug.org> writes:

> 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?

I'd change to C:/applications/texlive/2024. But it has nothing to do
with this particular path. The error occurs immediately after clicking
the "Change" button. I don't even have the chance to type anything in.

All the other buttons work fine. It's just the one for TEXDIR that
fails.

-- 
Uwe