[issue1494] record extension silently fails in latest (1.1.1) windows binary

[john]

New submission from john <jwdevel at gmail.com>:

It works fine when I build for Win from source, but when I use the binary
installer, I get this.

Repro:

C:\>hg version
Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 1.1.1+20081229)

Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> and others
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

C:\>hg ini testrepo

C:\>cd testrepo

C:\testrepo>echo foo > foo.txt

C:\testrepo>hg add
adding foo.txt

C:\testrepo>hg ci -m "added foo"

C:\testrepo>echo bla >> foo.txt

C:\testrepo>hg diff
diff --git a/foo.txt b/foo.txt
--- a/foo.txt
+++ b/foo.txt
@@ -1,1 +1,2 @@
 foo
+bla

C:\testrepo>hg record
diff --git a/foo.txt b/foo.txt
1 hunks, 1 lines changed
examine changes to 'foo.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?]  y

#
# At this point the 'record' command
# silently quits, and the changes remain uncomitted
#

C:\testrepo>hg st
M foo.txt

C:\testrepo>hg diff
diff --git a/foo.txt b/foo.txt
--- a/foo.txt
+++ b/foo.txt
@@ -1,1 +1,2 @@
 foo
+bla

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messages: 8539
nosy: jwdevel
priority: bug
status: unread
title: record extension silently fails in latest (1.1.1) windows binary

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