Hi,
Sometimes after an upgrade there are some binary files missing. It is
very strange. Most of the time it works, but after performing the update
more than twenty times in a row on a VM, I have some clues.
I'm using the mondo UI. If the user chooses default or full, it always
works. If he chooses custom, it mostly works.
It starts failing, if he selects a nested feature (e.g. Runtimes), opens
the context menu for choosing whether or not to install. It doesn't
matter if he clicks somewhere outside to close the menu, or actually
selects to install it locally. All the features are still indicated as
selected for local install, as they were initialized. But then they are
not installed.
Some of the wix files are generated by the cpack generator.
It looks like this in my CMakeLists.txt:
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_RUNTIME_DISPLAY_NAME "Runtimes")
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_BASE_DISPLAY_NAME "Base")
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_SHARED_DISPLAY_NAME "Shared")
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_PYTHON_DISPLAY_NAME "Python")
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_CONVERTER_DISPLAY_NAME "Converter")
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_VIEWER_DISPLAY_NAME "Viewer")
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_PL2D_DISPLAY_NAME "PointLine2D")
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_PL3D_DISPLAY_NAME "PointLine3D")
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_RUNTIME_GROUP "Requirements")
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_BASE_GROUP "Requirements")
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_SHARED_GROUP "Requirements")
SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_PYTHON_GROUP "Requirements")
INSTALL(TARGETS Geom
RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT base
LIBRARY DESTINATION lib COMPONENT devel
ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${PL_ARCHIVE_DEST_DIR} COMPONENT devel
)
INSTALL(TARGETS PointLine3D RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT pl3d)
Which is translated by cpack to :
<Fragment>
<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Display="expand"
ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALL_ROOT" Title="PointLine23" Level="1">
<Feature Id="CM_G_Requirements" Title="Requirements"
Description="!(loc.FeatDescRequirements)">
<Feature Id="CM_C_runtime" Title="Runtimes"
Description="!(loc.FeatDescRuntimes)" Absent="disallow"/>
<Feature Id="CM_C_base" Title="Base"
Description="!(loc.FeatDescBase)" Absent="disallow"/>
<Feature Id="CM_C_python" Title="Python"
Description="!(loc.FeatDescPython)"/>
<Feature Id="CM_C_shared" Title="Shared"
Description="!(loc.FeatDescShared)" Absent="disallow"/>
</Feature>
<Feature Id="CM_C_converter" Title="Converter"
Description="!(loc.FeatDescConverter)"/>
<Feature Id="CM_C_pl2d" Title="PointLine2D"
Description="!(loc.FeatDescPointLine2D)"/>
<Feature Id="CM_C_pl3d" Title="PointLine3D"
Description="!(loc.FeatDescPointLine3D)"/>
<Feature Id="CM_C_viewer" Title="Viewer"
Description="!(loc.FeatDescViewer)"/>
</Feature>
If I compare the logs of a sucessfull and a failed upgrade, the
following differences cought my eye. Note the Action on the executable
entry:
successfull:
MSI (s) (04:28) [08:49:52:702]: Feature: CM_C_runtime; Installed:
Absent; Request: Local; Action: Local
MSI (s) (04:28) [08:49:52:702]: Feature: CM_C_pl3d; Installed: Absent;
Request: Local; Action: Local
MSI (s) (04:28) [08:49:52:702]: Component: CM_CP_base.bin.Geom.dll;
Installed: Absent; Request: Local; Action: Local
MSI (s) (04:28) [08:49:52:702]: Component:
CM_CP_pl3d.bin.PointLine3D.exe; Installed: Absent; Request: Local;
Action: Local
failed:
MSI (s) (3C:58) [09:35:01:514]: Feature: CM_C_runtime; Installed:
Absent; Request: Local; Action: Local
MSI (s) (3C:58) [09:35:01:514]: Feature: CM_C_pl3d; Installed: Absent;
Request: Local; Action: Local
MSI (s) (3C:58) [09:35:01:514]: Component: CM_CP_base.bin.Geom.dll;
Installed: Absent; Request: Local; Action: Null
MSI (s) (3C:58) [09:35:01:514]: Component:
CM_CP_pl3d.bin.PointLine3D.exe; Installed: Absent; Request: Local;
Action: Null
What could go wrong here, and what can I do to prevent it?
Rgds
Richard
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