[wix-users] Previous package not found (and therefore not uninstalled) during major upgrade
Edwin Castro
egcastr at gmail.com
Tue Feb 20 15:28:58 PST 2018
Are you sure you have a MajorUpgrade? Is it at all possible that the
Windows Installer thinks you're modifying or repairing a currently
installed product? What does the verbose log say? What happens when the
ProductVersion changes but the ProductCode does not?
--
Edwin G. Castro
On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:22 PM, Steve Sanders via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
> I don't remember, maybe it was a FilesInUse chicken/egg problem, as in
> https://buildmaestro.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/
> suppress-filesinuse-dialog-on-uninstall/
> ? I could theoretically shut down our processes before that, but would then
> need a rollback option to restart them on failure/cancel/full disk, etc.
> One of our requirements is to support silent update.
>
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 2:22 PM, Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > If Language is null or an empty string (""), FindRelatedProducts ignores
> > *msidbUpgradeAttributesLanguagesExclusive* and detects all languages.
> >
> >
> >
> > The one thing I do think is strange, why do you suppress InstallValidate?
> >
> >
> >
> > <InstallValidate Suppress="yes">FAKE_PROPERTY</InstallValidate>
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* Steve Sanders [mailto:steve at keyba.se]
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 20, 2018 4:07 PM
> > *To:* Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
> > *Cc:* WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> >
> > *Subject:* Re: [wix-users] Previous package not found (and therefore not
> > uninstalled) during major upgrade
> >
> >
> >
> > According to Orca, the upgrade tables look like this, same as one built
> > with Wix 3.9 except for the version of course. Is it a problem that
> > Language is empty?
> >
> >
> >
> > UpgradeCode VersionMin VersionMax Language Attributes
> > Remove ActionProperty
> >
> > s38 S20 S20 S255 i4 S255 s72
> >
> > Upgrade UpgradeCode VersionMin VersionMax Language
> > Attributes
> >
> > {C118F7EC-9A1D-4FF1-91F5-15D208499D7B}
> > 1.0.39.39 513 WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED
> >
> > {C118F7EC-9A1D-4FF1-91F5-15D208499D7B} 1.0.39.39
> > 2 WIX_DOWNGRADE_DETECTED
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > UpgradeCode VersionMin VersionMax Language Attributes
> > Remove ActionProperty
> >
> > s38 S20 S20 S255 i4 S255 s72
> >
> > Upgrade UpgradeCode VersionMin VersionMax Language
> > Attributes
> >
> > {C118F7EC-9A1D-4FF1-91F5-15D208499D7B}
> > 1.0.40.19 513 WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED
> >
> > {C118F7EC-9A1D-4FF1-91F5-15D208499D7B} 1.0.40.19
> > 2 WIX_DOWNGRADE_DETECTED
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > and one from 6 months ago:
> >
> > UpgradeCode VersionMin VersionMax Language Attributes
> > Remove ActionProperty
> >
> > s38 S20 S20 S255 i4 S255 s72
> >
> > Upgrade UpgradeCode VersionMin VersionMax Language
> > Attributes
> >
> > {C118F7EC-9A1D-4FF1-91F5-15D208499D7B}
> > 1.0.26.918 513 WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED
> >
> > {C118F7EC-9A1D-4FF1-91F5-15D208499D7B} 1.0.26.918
> > 2 WIX_DOWNGRADE_DETECTED
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Steve Sanders <steve at keyba.se> wrote:
> >
> > I tried to figure out what the Upgrade table is and how to find it, but
> > nearest I can tell, Wix is supposed to handle/populate it from the
> > MajorUpgrade element:
> > <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of Keybase is
> already
> > installed." AllowSameVersionUpgrades="yes" />
> >
> >
> >
> > This hasn't changed for more than a year - I suppose it is possible that
> > wix 3.11 changed the way it populates this upgrade table? I will try
> > dumping it from some MSIs using Orca and see.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:48 AM, Hoover, Jacob <
> > Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well, if FindRelatedProduct is truly failing then it's a windows
> installer
> > issue. However I seriously don't think this is the issue. Per
> > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/
> > aa368600%28v=vs.85%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396 I would compare
> > the Upgrade table from an old "never broken" install and a newer
> "sometimes
> > broken" installer.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of Steve Sanders via wix-users
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 12:38 PM
> > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > Cc: Steve Sanders <steve at keyba.se>
> >
> > Subject: Re: [wix-users] Previous package not found (and therefore not
> > uninstalled) during major upgrade
> >
> > I am positive because of the associated updater log, among other reasons,
> > which shows version 1.0.39-20180121191330+5e57981 (that's the semantic
> > version, the windows version being 1.0.39.39) applied 2018/01/23
> 11:57:11,
> > then the updater considers that version current when it checks for the
> next
> > update:
> > 2018/02/16 19:30:03 INFO Checking for update, current version is
> > 1.0.39-20180121191330+5e57981
> > (updater gets this version by running the installed program with the
> > "version" argument.)
> >
> > Again, our custom actions are supposed to close our processes in the
> > upgrade case, but if upgrade case is not detected, they can't close the
> > processes.
> >
> > I guess we could hack around this with some registry entries, but
> detecting
> > + applying upgrades is one of the main reasons to use a tool like Wix I
> > thought. Again, this happens only intermittently, and didn't seem to
> > happen ever with Wix 3.9.
> >
> > Thanks again, everyone, for taking a look.
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:23 AM, Nir Bar via wix-users <
> > wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
> >
> > > The failing log says the the RESTART MANAGER is disabled so FilesInUse
> > > is used. FilesInUse can only detect applications with a window.
> > >
> > > However, this has nothing to do with upgrade detection. I've never
> > > encountered a false-false upgrade detection.
> > > Are you absolutely sure that another version is already installed?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Nir Bar, Independent WiX Expert. Creator of-
> > > JetBA: WiX WPF Bootstrapper User Interface Framework
> > >
> > > JetBA++: WiX Native Bootstrapper User Interface Framework
> > >
> > >
> > >
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