From dd28ba378a8138f95c1c261972894afafa4031c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Lange <fjl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:11:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] node: require LocalAppData variable (#19132)

* node: require LocalAppData variable

This avoids path inconsistencies on Windows XP.
Hat tip to @MicahZoltu for catching this so quickly.

* node: fix typo
---
 node/defaults.go | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/node/defaults.go b/node/defaults.go
index 73b262429..71e763346 100644
--- a/node/defaults.go
+++ b/node/defaults.go
@@ -80,13 +80,14 @@ func DefaultDataDir() string {
 }
 
 func windowsAppData() string {
-	if v := os.Getenv("LOCALAPPDATA"); v != "" {
-		return v // Vista+
+	v := os.Getenv("LOCALAPPDATA")
+	if v == "" {
+		// Windows XP and below don't have LocalAppData. Crash here because
+		// we don't support Windows XP and undefining the variable will cause
+		// other issues.
+		panic("environment variable LocalAppData is undefined")
 	}
-	if v := os.Getenv("APPDATA"); v != "" {
-		return filepath.Join(v, "Local")
-	}
-	return ""
+	return v
 }
 
 func isNonEmptyDir(dir string) bool {