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| -rw-r--r-- | Build/NullSoftInstaller.hs | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/git-annex_does_not_install_on_windows_without_admin_rights.mdwn | 10 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Build/NullSoftInstaller.hs b/Build/NullSoftInstaller.hs index d097519d5..908da352c 100644 --- a/Build/NullSoftInstaller.hs +++ b/Build/NullSoftInstaller.hs @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ makeInstaller gitannex license extrafiles = nsis $ do {- Installing into the same directory as git avoids needing to modify
- path myself, since the git installer already does it. -}
installDir gitInstallDir
- requestExecutionLevel User
+ requestExecutionLevel Admin
iff (fileExists gitInstallDir)
(return ())
diff --git a/doc/bugs/git-annex_does_not_install_on_windows_without_admin_rights.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git-annex_does_not_install_on_windows_without_admin_rights.mdwn index b36d5e84c..4c07478dd 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/git-annex_does_not_install_on_windows_without_admin_rights.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/git-annex_does_not_install_on_windows_without_admin_rights.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ ### Please describe the problem. -Installing on Windows requires installing git followed by git-annex. Installing the former works without admin rights, but the latter cannot be installed afterwards. +Installing on Windows requires installing git followed by git-annex. +Installing the former works without admin rights, but the latter cannot be +installed afterwards. ### What steps will reproduce the problem? @@ -15,5 +17,9 @@ Latest release on MS Windows. ### Please provide any additional information below. -Installing git creates read-only directories that cannot be used by the git-annex install afterwards. Without admin rights, the read-only flag of the git dir cannot be altered. +Installing git creates read-only directories that cannot be used by the +git-annex install afterwards. Without admin rights, the read-only flag of +the git dir cannot be altered. +> I've made the installer now request admin rights if run by a non-admin +> Hopefully good enough. [[done]] --[[Joey]] |