Have Windows installers modify PATH (fixes #1054)

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 783d7052..43ba73dd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2023-12-23  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
 
+	* Define CPACK_NSIS_MODIFY_PATH for the Windows builds so the
+	official installers will offer to modify PATH when installing
+	qpdf. Fixes #1054.
+
 	* Add QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper::disableDigitalSignatures and the
 	--disable-signatures command-line argument. This disables any
 	digital signature fields, leaving their visual representations
diff --git a/cmake-win b/cmake-win
index f8e9f512..25ebdfc4 100755
--- a/cmake-win
+++ b/cmake-win
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ if [ "$mode" = "maint" ]; then
 elif [ "$mode" = "ci" ]; then
     args=("${args[@]}" -DCI_MODE=1 -DINSTALL_MANUAL=1)
 fi
+args=("${args[@]}" -DCPACK_NSIS_MODIFY_PATH=ON)
 
 set -x
 cmake "${args[@]}" $dir
diff --git a/manual/release-notes.rst b/manual/release-notes.rst
index 96bebb76..61626fb1 100644
--- a/manual/release-notes.rst
+++ b/manual/release-notes.rst
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ Planned changes for future 12.x (subject to change):
       ``README-maintainer.md`` for a detailed explanation of how to
       maintain this.
 
+    - The official Windows installers now offers to modify ``PATH``
+      when installing qpdf.
+
   - Package Enhancements:
 
     - A UNIX man page is now automatically generated from the