Jira (PUP-398) Backslashify windows paths when appropriate

[Rob Reynolds (JIRA)]

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Rob Reynolds commented on an issue   Re: Backslashify windows paths when appropriate Verified against master. #http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32svn/files/1.8.9/Setup-Subversion-1.8.9-1.msi/download package { 'Subversion': ensure => '1.8.9.1', source => 'C:/temp/Setup-Subversion-1.8.9-1.msi', #this is what has been fixed install_options => ['TARGETDIR="c:\subversion"'] } # package { 'Subversion': # ensure => absent, # } Note: Debug: Package source parameter contained /s - replaced with \s Debug: Prefetching windows resources for package Debug: Package source parameter contained /s - replaced with \s Debug: Executing 'msiexec.exe /qn /norestart /i C:\temp\Setup-Subversion-1.8.9-1.msi TARGETDIR="c:\subversion"' Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Package[Subversion]/ensure: created Debug: /Package[Subversion]: The container Class[Main] will propagate my refresh event Debug: Class[Main]: The container Stage[main] will propagate my refresh event Debug: Finishing transaction 34516476 Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-398 Backslashify windows paths when appropriate When installing an MSI, the windows package provider passes the package source parameter to msiexec.exe. Unfortunately, it <b>must</b> use backslashes, otherwise, msiexec thinks it's a command line argument and will fail with a cryptic error: <pre>Failed to install: Fail on INT 24.</pre> The windows package provider should automatically convert the sourc... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.