[wix-users] signed bootstrapper exe failing to extract

[Derek Wetherall]

many thanks - using insignia to detach and reattach the engine fixed it!

On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 19:07, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:

> The process described Rick is the process you want.
>
> 1. build msi
> 2. sign msi externally
> 3. build bundle
> 4. sign bundle (this is a multi-step process)
>    a. use insignia to detach engine.exe from bootstrapper.exe
>    b. sign engine.exe externally
>    c. use insignia to attach engine.exe into bootstrapper.exe
>    d. sign bootstrapper.exe externally
>
> I have used this process very successfully with embedded/compressed MSIs.
>
> Perhaps you mean something else by compressed?
>
> --
> Edwin G. Castro
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 10:28 Derek Wetherall via wix-users <
> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>
>>   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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