Issue #19867 has been reported by Josh Cooper.
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Bug #19867: Document Windows PackageCode behavior
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/19867
* Author: Josh Cooper
* Status: Accepted
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: Michael Hall
* Category:
* Target version:
* Affected Puppet version:
* Keywords: windows
* Branch:
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Puppet's windows package provider requires the name of the resource to match
the value in DisplayName. There are times when the name is not unique across
versions, e.g. VMware Tools, or there are 32 and 64-bit packages with the same
name. As a result, we provide the ability to specify the PackageCode as the
name of the package. This is a GUID that is unique across all MSI builds.
For example, you can do:
<pre>
package { '{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}':
ensure => installed,
source => 'the.msi',
provider => windows
}
</pre>
To find the PackageCode from the MSI, you can use Orca, or you can get to it
programmatically in ruby:
<pre>
require 'win32ole'
installer = WIN32OLE.new('WindowsInstaller.Installer')
db = installer.OpenDatabase(path, 0)
puts db.SummaryInformation.Property(9)
</pre>
where path is the path to the MSI.
See also <http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/11868#note-11>
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