[wix-users] Possible Bug: Burn bootstrapper is not registered on clean install if it is already cached

Edwin Castro egcastr at gmail.com
Fri Oct 13 12:58:05 PDT 2017


Created https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/5702

--
Edwin G. Castro

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Bob Arnson via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Yes, please file a bug so we can discuss it at triage.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Edwin Castro via wix-users
> Sent: Thursday, 12 October, 2017 00:11
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Cc: Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com>
> Subject: [wix-users] Possible Bug: Burn bootstrapper is not registered on
> clean install if it is already cached
>
> This concerns src/burn/engine/plan.cpp lines 690 - 703 in
> https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3.git
>
> If pPlan->action == BOOTSTRAPPER_ACTION_INSTALL *and*
> FileExistsAfterRestart(pRegistration->sczCacheExecutablePath, NULL)) ==
> TRUE, then the bundle is not registered and does not show up in add remove
> programs.
>
> I have seen scenarios where my product has been "uninstalled" but the
> cached bootstrapper was not removed so when a "clean" install occurs again,
> the bootstrapper is not registered because the executable was already
> cached!
>
> I'd assume the fix for this would be something like:
>
> else if (BOOTSTRAPPER_ACTION_REPAIR == pPlan->action) // just repair, make
> sure the registration is "fixed up".
> {
>     pPlan->dwRegistrationOperations |=
> BURN_REGISTRATION_ACTION_OPERATIONS_WRITE_REGISTRATION;
> }
> else if (BOOTSTRAPPER_ACTION_INSTALL == pPlan->action) // make sure the
> registration is "fixed up" on install too.
> {
>     pPlan->dwRegistrationOperations |=
> BURN_REGISTRATION_ACTION_OPERATIONS_WRITE_REGISTRATION;
> }
>
> Thoughts? Should I create a bug for this? Is there a legitimate reason why
> the bundle should not registered on install if the bundle was already
> cached?
>
> --
> Edwin G. Castro
>
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