From 5edd595ea2319f0c083c7a8a8b758bec36ad2a33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oehhar <harald.oehlmann@elmicron.de>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:24:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Ticket [27fa20249d]: htmlhelp: ignore pckgs folders
 without configure.in/ac

---
 tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl b/tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl
index 911639488a7..fd066e11027 100755
--- a/tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl
+++ b/tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl
@@ -688,6 +688,9 @@ try {
 			break
 		    }
 		}
+	    } on error {} {
+		puts "package folder without package ignored: $dir"
+		continue
 	    } finally {
 		catch {close $f; unset f}
 	    }

From 5a9b2f09ddd894b869c2bd989af746a501ae12aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: apnadkarni <apnmbx-wits@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 05:24:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Cherry pick fix for [4f0b5767ac]. Exec of App Execution
 Aliases on Windows

---
 tests/exec.test  | 11 +++++++++++
 win/tclWinPipe.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/exec.test b/tests/exec.test
index e77a0ac4ad6..ff32799dbea 100644
--- a/tests/exec.test
+++ b/tests/exec.test
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ source [file join [file dirname [info script]] tcltests.tcl]
 # Some skips when running in a macOS CI environment
 testConstraint noosxCI [expr {![info exists ::env(MAC_CI)]}]
 
+# Need a App Exec Alias for testing exec of reparse points
+if {[info exists ::env(LOCALAPPDATA)] &&
+    [file exists [file join $::env(LOCALAPPDATA) "Microsoft" "WindowsApps" "winget.exe"]]} {
+        testConstraint haveWinget 1
+}
+
 unset -nocomplain path
 
 # Utilities that are like Bourne shell stalwarts, but cross-platform.
@@ -706,6 +712,11 @@ test exec-20.1 {exec .CMD file} -constraints {win} -body {
     exec [makeFile "echo %1> $log" exec201.CMD] "Testing exec-20.1"
     viewFile $log
 } -result "\"Testing exec-20.1\""
+
+test exec-bug-4f0b5767ac {exec App Execution Alias} -constraints haveWinget -body {
+    exec winget --info
+} -result "Windows Package Manager*" -match glob
+
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # cleanup
diff --git a/win/tclWinPipe.c b/win/tclWinPipe.c
index 229f67032f5..869ff2b8f89 100644
--- a/win/tclWinPipe.c
+++ b/win/tclWinPipe.c
@@ -1320,11 +1320,22 @@ ApplicationType(
 
 	hFile = CreateFileW(nativeFullPath,
 		GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
-		FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
+		FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL|FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT, NULL);
 	if (hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
 	    continue;
 	}
 
+	if (attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) {
+	    /*
+	     * But [4f0b5767ac]. Likely a App Execution Alias. This can only
+	     * be a Win32 APP. Attempt to ReadFile below will fail. We assume
+	     * that if it is on the PATH, and it is a reparse point, it is an
+	     * App Execution Alias.
+	     */
+	    applType = APPL_WIN32;
+	    break;
+	}
+
 	header.e_magic = 0;
 	ReadFile(hFile, (void *) &header, sizeof(header), &read, NULL);
 	if (header.e_magic != IMAGE_DOS_SIGNATURE) {