PathOfBuildingCommunity / PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding-PoE2
Installer crashes when user name contains umlauts
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- Lua
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Description
Check version
- I'm running the latest version of Path of Building and I've verified this by checking the changelog
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- I've checked for duplicate open and closed issues by using the search function of the issue tracker
What platform are you running Path of Building on?
Windows
How is Path of Building expected to behave?
The installer should install the app without an error.
How does Path of Building behave?
The installer crashes. Since the last name is displayed scrambled I assume it is, because the file handling does not support utf-8. The lastname is Lütje.
How to reproduce the issue
I assume choose a folder name with öäü in it.
PoB for PoE2 build code
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Research direction
Reproduce the Windows installer failure using a user or folder name containing characters such as ö, ä, or ü, then inspect the installer entry point and its file-handling path. Done means the installer completes successfully and installs the app when the path contains umlauts.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- release
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100