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Item13913: CLI scripts broken on windows. setlib.cfg issues "require CGI" which sets binmode on STDIN and breaks prompts.

Priority: Urgent
Current State: Closed
Released In: 2.1.0
Target Release: minor

Applies To: Engine
Component: FoswikiTools, Configure
Branches: master Release02x00 Item13897

Reported By: GeorgeClark
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Last Change By: GeorgeClark

Commit distro:3b31eb52e2bc added a "require CGI" to be able to "fail early" for critical missing dependencies.

Unfortunately on Windows, this breaks the CLI scripts - tools/configure. CGI appears to force binmode on STDIN and STDOUT. This causes chomp to fail to remove line endings.

-- GeorgeClark - 05 Jan 2016

A simple fix appears to be to set binmode(STDIN ':crlf'); in the tools scripts that do prompting, mostly reverting the impact of binmode in CGI. One subtle difference is that Ctrl-Z EOF is not handled by :crlf layer, but is honored if binmode was not called.

Either that or remove the require CGI from setlib.cfg.

-- GeorgeClark - 05 Jan 2016

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Summary	CLI scripts broken on windows. setlib.cfg issues "require CGI" which sets binmode on STDIN and breaks prompts.
ReportedBy	GeorgeClark
Codebase	2.0.3
SVN Range
AppliesTo	Engine
Component	FoswikiTools, Configure
Priority	Urgent
CurrentState	Closed
WaitingFor
Checkins	distro:89cb46c0fb4e distro:ed9fb9d47f4a
TargetRelease	minor
ReleasedIn	2.1.0
CheckinsOnBranches	master Release02x00 Item13897
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