[osgeo4w-dev] [osgeo4w] #759: qgis-dev 3.27.0-Master crashes during startup in some circumstances

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#759: qgis-dev 3.27.0-Master crashes during startup in some circumstances
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Reporter:  andreaerdna  |       Owner:  osgeo4w-dev@…
    Type:  defect       |      Status:  closed
Priority:  major        |   Component:  Package
 Version:               |  Resolution:  fixed
Keywords:               |
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Comment (by andreaerdna):

 While this issue is fixed now, it seems to me this raises a question: is
 it safe that the pdal library, via qgis-bin.exe, searches for
 libpdal_plugin_* dlls in the user "Home" folder and in the user
 "Documents" folder?

 It initially searches in ".", "./lib", "../lib", "./bin", "../bin", which
 translate (checked with Process Monitor) as
 "C:\Users\[username]\Documents", "C:\Users\[username]\lib",
 "C:\Users\[username]\Documents\lib", "C:\Users\[username]\bin",
 "C:\Users\[username]\Documents\bin", as the working directory is set to
 "C:\Users\[username]\Documents" in the "Start in" property of the QGIS
 Desktop shortcut link.

 See:
 https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/blob/8fd5de18668370b548032f907472f51974438edc/pdal/PluginDirectory.cpp#L46-L68.

 Maybe setting the PDAL_DRIVER_PATH environment variable to the correct
 folder in the starting procedure, or setting the "Start in" property of
 the QGIS Desktop shortcut link to the OSGeo4W installation directory, will
 prevent this behaviour?
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/759#comment:4>
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