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| author | Christophe Besson <cbesson@gmail.com> | 2026-09-04 10:47:21 +0200 |
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| committer | Christophe Besson <cbesson@gmail.com> | 2026-09-04 10:47:21 +0200 |
| commit | 3edb0357b7841f1cd9314fd1917bb866a0cba11b (patch) | |
| tree | 5dc0dc54737d17b3e6fd4a2c91cd3f63dc4fa805 /packaging/win | |
| parent | 3ce52774760b222d94d78bc0118e9da2662a809f (diff) | |
| download | meshbay-3edb0357b7841f1cd9314fd1917bb866a0cba11b.tar.gz | |
feat(packaging): put the bundled meshbay-node on the per-user PATH
The installer had no console entry point, so running the CLI meant cd-ing
into resources\node-runtime\ every time. installer.nsh now adds that dir to
HKCU\Environment\Path on install and removes it on uninstall, via stock
WordFunc.nsh (electron-builder's NSIS bundle has no EnVar plugin). It points
at the real meshbay-node.exe dir — not a shim — so `where meshbay-node`,
findNodeBinary and the W3 autostart launcher all resolve to the same binary.
A WM_SETTINGCHANGE broadcast nudges open shells; new ones just work.
Rebuilt: electron-builder --win nsis compiles the WordFunc includes fine,
MeshBay-Setup-0.1.0.exe (155 MB). test_packaging_win.py covers the add/remove
symmetry.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'packaging/win')
| -rw-r--r-- | packaging/win/README.md | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/packaging/win/README.md b/packaging/win/README.md index d02adca..0ba18ca 100644 --- a/packaging/win/README.md +++ b/packaging/win/README.md @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Runtime data stays where the node already puts it: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\meshbay\` (`node.toml`, `keystore.enc`, `unlock.key`, `data\`). The installer never writes there and the uninstaller never deletes it — installers place files, not secrets. +`build/installer.nsh` also adds `…\resources\node-runtime` to the **per-user** +`Path` (`HKCU\Environment`) so `meshbay-node` works in a terminal, and takes it +back out on uninstall. New shells only — a `WM_SETTINGCHANGE` broadcast nudges +open ones. It uses stock `WordFunc.nsh` (the `EnVar` plugin is not in +electron-builder's NSIS bundle). + ## Build On a Windows machine with **Node ≥ 22**, **Python ≥ 3.12** (`py -3.12`) and |