[wix-devs] 4822 - Delay ARP registration in Bundles until a non-permanent package is installed

[Sean Hall]

No, it doesn't need to be registered in ARP for anything but allowing the
user to remove the bundle from the cache. The bundle can be run from the
RunOnce key after the reboot without having an ARP entry. But it does need
to stay in the cache. For security, the RunOnce key must point to the
cached bundle. There's no way to do automatic uncache in this scenario.

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 6:39 AM Bob Arnson <bob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> It needs to register and be cached to restart on reboot, right? If all
> packages are permanent and not cached, then automatic unregiration/uncache
> seems reasonable.
>
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> Subject: [wix-devs] 4822 - Delay ARP registration in Bundles until a
> non-permanent package is installed
>
> I'm interested in implementing
> https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/4822. This is the hard
> scenario that needs to be solved:
>
> 1. User starts the per-machine bundle on a clean machine.
> 2. The bundle has an MBA and needs to install the .NET Framework.
> 3. The bundle caches itself into the package cache.
> 4. The bundle registers in ARP.
> 5. The bundle creates a RunOnce key.
> 6. The bundle installs the permanent .NET package, which requires a reboot.
> 7. The bundle updates the RunOnce key to resume after the reboot.
> 8. The user allows the prereq BA to reboot the machine.
> 9. RunOnce starts the bundle elevated.
>
> Because RunOnce always starts the target program elevated, we need to
> cache the bundle into the package cache (or other protected area) to be
> secure.
> In order to allow the user to clean up their machine, we are registering
> in ARP to give them a way to clean the cache.
>
> If we want to implement this feature, I think we're going to have to allow
> the possibility of the bundle being cached without an ARP entry. Either
> Burn removes the ARP registration somewhere between 6 and 8, or it never
> registers in the first place (because all planned packages are permanent).
> Is this acceptable or is this feature not possible?
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