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Bug 756904 - wixl-heat does not escape dollar signs in filenames
wixl-heat does not escape dollar signs in filenames
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: msitools
Classification: Other
Component: wixl
0.94
Other Linux
: Normal major
: 1.0
Assigned To: msitools maintainer(s)
msitools maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-10-21 11:51 UTC by Benjamin Hubert
Modified: 2017-06-01 21:31 UTC
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Description Benjamin Hubert 2015-10-21 11:51:58 UTC 
In my .wxs file I have a Component pointing to a file with a dollar sign:

    <Component Id="cmpABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF0123456789" Guid="*">
      <File Id="filABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF0123456789"
            KeyPath="yes"
            Source="$(var.SourceDir)/classes/foo/SyncStep$4.class"/>
    </Component>

When I run wixl, it fails with the following error:

    Couldn't find file classes/foo/SyncStep4.class

Of course, this file does not exist because the dollar sign is missing.
Comment 1 Benjamin Hubert 2015-10-22 14:39:45 UTC 
Any idea how to fix this?
Any idea for a workaround?

I cannot change the filenames as these are compiled Java classes.
Comment 2 Benjamin Hubert 2015-10-22 16:16:20 UTC 
Just found out, that dollar signs inside the wxs file must be escaped with another dollar sign, so $$ for $.

But then the problem is with wixl-heat which generated the wxs in my case.
Comment 3 Marc-Andre Lureau 2017-06-01 21:31:07 UTC 
should be fixed in master, let me know if the problem persists

thanks