[wix-users] signed bootstrapper exe failing to extract

[Rob Mensching]

https://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/overview/insignia.html


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-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Derek Wetherall via wix-users
Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2020 6:49 AM
To: Rick Papo <rpapo at comcast.net>
Cc: Derek Wetherall <derek.wetherall at gmail.com>; WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] signed bootstrapper exe failing to extract

  thanks.

to be clear,
our process (mandated) is

build msi
sign msi externally
build bundle
sign bundle externally (e.g. setup.exe)

this won't install if compressed

how would i use insignia here?  Do need to use it to detach the bundle.exe and sign that after signing the msi, but creating the bundle and before signing the final setup.exe ?

On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 14:34, Rick Papo <rpapo at comcast.net> wrote:

> In very broad strokes, drawn from code we actually use and with the 
> names changed to protect the innocent...
>
>         "c:\program files (x86)\wix toolset v3.14\bin\insignia.exe" 
> -ib BOOTSTRAPPER.exe -o engine.exe
>
>         Sign engine.exe
>
>         "c:\program files (x86)\wix toolset v3.14\bin\insignia.exe" 
> -ab engine.exe BOOTSTRAPPER.exe -o BOOTSTRAPPER.exe
>
>         erase engine.exe
>
>         Sign BOOTSTRAPPER.exe
>
> Substitute your sign utility and the version of INSIGNIA.exe.  Use 
> whatever name you want for "engine.exe".
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On 
> Behalf Of Derek Wetherall via wix-users
> Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2020 9:09 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Cc: Derek Wetherall <derek.wetherall at gmail.com>
> Subject: [wix-users] signed bootstrapper exe failing to extract
>
> Dear experts,
> i have a digitally signed bootstrapper executable that works 
> absolutely fine if uncompressed, but if we compress the msi it failed 
> with...
>
> Error 0x80070001: Failed to extract all files from container, erf: 
> 1:2:0
>
> for security reasons we have to sign the executable outside of wix.
>
> Has anyone seen this before?
> I see references on the net to signing the engine as well.
> Is this the issue?
>
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