[wix-devs] BurnRunner implementation sometimes hangs on pipe.Write()

Thu May 2 15:49:04 PDT 2019

Just wanted to follow-up on this -- I'd be happy to answer if any further
information is needed.

Thank you,
Skylar Nam

On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:12 AM Heath Stewart <heaths at outlook.com> wrote:

> We also still have bundles using burn 3.7 + my targeted DLL injection
> fixes that were later ported to 3.9 or 10 way back.
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> *From:* wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf of
> Skylar Nam via wix-devs <wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 1, 2019 10:10:56 AM
> *To:* Rob Mensching
> *Cc:* Skylar Nam; WiX Toolset Developer Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [wix-devs] BurnRunner implementation sometimes hangs on
> pipe.Write()
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> I hate to say this but for the actual run, we use different versions that
> we are not in control of. Some are using 3.10, 3.11, many minor versions.
> I can give you the versions that I've seen so far though. Some of them
> include v3.10.2.2516 and v3.11.1.2318.
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> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 9:54 AM Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com> wrote:
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> > Yes. This is a better place to _discuss_ issues.
> >
> > What WiX version are you working with? What BA are you using?
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> > Regards,
> >
> >   Rob Mensching
> >   CEO
> >   FireGiant
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of
> > Skylar Nam via wix-devs
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9:45 AM
> > To: wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org
> > Cc: Skylar Nam <rorelei at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [wix-devs] BurnRunner implementation sometimes hangs on
> > pipe.Write()
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wasn't sure where to send this at first so I posted a new issue on
> > Github. Seems like this mailing list is more appropriate.
> >
> > From
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> >
> https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fwixtoolset%2Fwix3%2Ftree%2Fdevelop%2Fsrc%2Fburn%2FSamples%2FManagedBundleRunner&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbc1fada3c62b4ae93e2a08d6ce580381%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636923274735216895&sdata=wXgXXWCIN474FtS2PFhB0FDXO1cH%2FAElKF50LwrGnrE%3D&reserved=0
> > ,
> > I implemented a BurnRunner pipe that uses the exact same classes and
> > methods. With that, I have been trying to install a package, but during
> the
> > PumpMessages pipe.Write() would hang when writing completion messages in
> > BurnRunner.cs line 170-172.
> >
> > private void CompleteMessage(NamedPipeServerStream pipe, BurnResult
> > result) {
> >     var complete = 0xF0000002;
> >     WriteNumberToPipe(pipe, complete);
> >     WriteNumberToPipe(pipe, 4); // size of message data
> >     WriteNumberToPipe(pipe, (uint)result); }
> >
> >
> > [7598:6DD8][2019-04-30T16:07:35]i299: Plan complete, result: 0x0
> > [7598:6DD8][2019-04-30T16:07:35]i300: Apply begin
> > [7598:6DD8][2019-04-30T16:07:35]i010: Launching elevated engine process.
> > [7598:6DD8][2019-04-30T16:07:40]i011: Launched elevated engine process.
> > [7598:6DD8][2019-04-30T16:07:40]i012: Connected to elevated engine.
> > [5CF4:6490][2019-04-30T16:07:40]i358: Pausing automatic updates.
> > [5CF4:6490][2019-04-30T16:07:40]i359: Paused automatic updates.
> > [7598:6DD8][2019-04-30T16:07:40]i371: Updating session, registration key:
> > ...
> > ...
> > [5CF4:59B8][2019-04-30T16:07:40]i304: Verified existing payload:
> > compileall_AllUsers at path: C:\ProgramData\Package
> > Cache\18F0B8570421BB05A395B85246BD665AD97D9253\py.exe.
> > [5CF4:59B8][2019-04-30T16:09:17]i304: Verified existing payload:
> > compileallO_AllUsers at path: C:\ProgramData\Package
> > Cache\18F0B8570421BB05A395B85246BD665AD97D9253\py.exe.
> > [5CF4:6490][2019-04-30T16:10:15]i301: Applying execute package:
> > compileall_AllUsers, action: Install, path: C:\ProgramData\Package
> > Cache\18F0B8570421BB05A395B85246BD665AD97D9253\py.exe, arguments:
> > '"C:\ProgramData\Package
> > Cache\18F0B8570421BB05A395B85246BD665AD97D9253\py.exe" -3.7 -E -s -Wi
> > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> > Studio\Shared\Python37_64\\Lib\compileall.py" -f -x
> > "bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|py2_|lib2to3\\tests|venv\\scripts"
> > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python37_64\\Lib"'
> >
> > This is the end of the log -- I would expect to see the end session
> > message, but I do not see anything more. I checked that the process is
> > still running. The last time this code was run it hung for more than 6
> > hours. The thing is this happens rather sporadically. Sometimes it does,
> > sometimes it doesn't. Would there be any reason why this might be
> > happening/was there a similar topic discussed in the past? I would
> > appreciate it very much if I could get any insights.
> >
> > If it worked, I would see the session end message and logs like:
> >
> > 162C:22C4][2019-04-29T19:11:37]i372: Session end, registration key: ..
> > [162C:22C4][2019-04-29T19:11:37]i371: Updating session, registration
> > key: ..., resume: ARP, restart initiated: No, disable resume: Yes
> > [0258:2734][2019-04-29T19:11:37]i399: Apply complete, result: 0x0,
> > restart: None, ba requested restart:  No
> > [0258:2734][2019-04-29T19:11:37]i500: Shutting down, exit code: 0x0
> >
> > and the process and the pipe should have exited and closed.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Skylar Nam
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