Hi,

I've got a little problem installing VideoLAN VLC with WPKG. Actually, its the 
uninstall I have problems with, the install is working perfectly fine.

<package id="vlc" name="VideoLAN" revision="84" priority="100" reboot="false" 
notify="false">
  <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="VideoLAN VLC media player 
0.8.4" />
  <install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\videolan\vlc-0.8.4.exe /S' />
  <install cmd='cmd /c del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\VLC media player.lnk"' />
  <upgrade cmd='"%PROGRAMFILES%\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe" /S' />
  <upgrade cmd='%SOFTWARE%\videolan\vlc.exe /S' />
  <upgrade cmd='cmd /c del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\VLC media player.lnk"' />
  <remove cmd='"%PROGRAMFILES%\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe" /S' />
  <remove cmd='cmd /c if exist "%PROGRAMFILES%\VideoLAN" rmdir 
"%PROGRAMFILES%\VideoLAN" /Q /S' />
</package>

This is my package entry for VLC (in this case its v0.8.4 but I've tested it 
with all versions from 0.8.4 up to 0.8.6b). I'm using WPKG 0.9.11-test1 with 
the WPKG installer 0.91.
The problem I have with VLC uninstall now is that the WPKG installer runs for 
the full length of the specified timeout preventing users to login during that 
time. After the installer times out and I log in I see a cmd box open with WPKG 
running and VLC is gone from the harddisk so the uninstall was successful. Yet 
there is no entry in the eventlog that VLC has been successfully uninstalled. 
Prior to using the WPKG installer VLC uninstall was working fine since WPKG 
didnt really rely on any kind of exit codes returned from the installers. The 
issue seems to be that the VLC uninstaller does not return any exit code. :/ 
I've already contacted the VLC devs and reported this issue on their forums but 
all they told me is that i should provide a patch and then they'd think about 
integrating it. -.-

So, any recommendations?

-
jens

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