id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc 300,apt misses menu and desktop link variables in postinstall,maphew,maphew,"Apt doesn't know about the `%OSGEO4W_MENU_LINKS%` and `%OSGEO4W_DESKTOP_LINKS%` variables introduced in setup.exe v1.0.6-5 (see [wiki:PackagingInstructions#CreatingShortcuts]). With the qgis-dev package this manifests with a `mkdir was unexpected at this time.` error message at the console during postinstall phase, consequently the Start Menu and Desktop shortcuts are not created, nor are the relevant registry entries created/updated. {{{ installing qgis-dev 1.9.0-18 B:\o4w>textreplace -std -t bin\qgis-dev.bat B:\o4w>textreplace -std -t bin\qgis-dev-browser.bat mkdir was unexpected at this time. B:\o4w>if not ==0 mkdir ""C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\OSGeo4W"" Post_install complete, return code 255 }}} ",defect,closed,major,Package,,outdated,pkg-apt,