WIX burn bundle - does not remove old version

3
votes

I am currently creating a setup for our "AwesomeApp" which I'm going to refer to as "the MSI" in the following. The problem I am hitting here is:

My MSI has its own UpgradeCode and version, and when I raise it and run the MSI, then the old version is removed just the way it should be. (I am only doing major upgrades for now) However, when I run the bootstrapper (and of course I DID raise the version number of the bootstrapper as well and it has its own UpgradeCode that never changes) then I get two installs and two entries in ARP: One for the old, and one for the new version of the MSI

What the heck am I doing wrong? This is freakin me out.

Here is the msi xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">

  <?define Source = "..\" ?>
  <?define Binaries = "..\AwesomeApp\bin\Release" ?>
  <?define AppName = "AwesomeApp" ?>
  <?define AppDataFolderName = "AwesomeApp" ?>
  <?define version = "0.6.0.0" ?>
  <?define upgradeCode = "801e999b-8edc-47a4-9793-78273739aa7d"?>

  <Product Id="*" Name="AwesomeApp" Language="1033"  Version="$(var.version)" Manufacturer="AwesomeCorp" 
           UpgradeCode="$(var.upgradeCode)">
        <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />
        <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" />

    <MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades="no" AllowSameVersionUpgrades="no" DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of this product was found." />

    <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="$(var.AppName)" Level="1">
            <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
        </Feature>

    <Icon Id="my.ico" SourceFile="my.ico" />

    <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLFOLDER" />
    <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir" />

    </Product>

    <!-- Fragment stuff omitted for clarity -->
</Wix>

And here the bootstrapper xml: 

        <Chain>
      <!--<PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx40Web" />

      <RollbackBoundary />-->

      <!-- referencing other projects and using variables see: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/votive/votive_project_references.html-->
      <MsiPackage Id="Setup"
                  Compressed="yes"
                  SourceFile="$(var.AwesomeSetup.TargetPath)"
                  Vital="yes">
        <MsiProperty Name="INSTALLFOLDER" Value="[INSTALLDIR]" />
        <!--<MsiProperty Name="VERSION" Value="$(var.version)" />-->
      </MsiPackage>
        </Chain>
    </Bundle>
</Wix>

And here the log:

[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:56]i001: Burn v3.8.1128.0, Windows v6.2 (Build 9200: Service Pack 0), path: C:\Users\Alex\Downloads\AwesomeSetup.exe, cmdline: '/log MyLogFile.log'
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:56]i000: Initializing string variable 'INSTALLDIR' to value '"[ProgramFilesFolder]AwesomeCorp\AwesomeApp"'
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Setting string variable 'WixBundleLog' to value 'C:\Users\Alex\Downloads\MyLogFile.log'
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Setting string variable 'WixBundleOriginalSource' to value 'C:\Users\Alex\Downloads\AwesomeSetup.exe'
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Setting string variable 'WixBundleName' to value 'AwsesomeApp'
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Loading managed bootstrapper application.
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Creating BA thread to run asynchronously.
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i100: Detect begin, 2 packages
[0D70:1844][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Parsing command line arguments
 System.String[].
[0D70:1844][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Creating UI
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Setting string variable 'NETFRAMEWORK40' to value '1'
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i102: Detected related bundle: {3e80e7b7-660e-4529-b7fa-414ddc2954f5}, type: Upgrade, scope: PerMachine, version: 0.5.0.0, operation: MajorUpgrade
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i052: Condition 'NETFRAMEWORK40' evaluates to true.
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i101: Detected package: NetFx40Web, state: Present, cached: Complete
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i101: Detected package: Setup, state: Absent, cached: None
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i199: Detect complete, result: 0x0
[0D70:1844][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Pagestamachine: setting WelcomePage
[0D70:1844][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Getting variable 'INSTALLDIR' from the bundle.
[0D70:1844][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Writing variable 'INSTALLDIR' with the value 'C:\Program Files (x86)\AwesomeCorp\AwesomeApp' to the bundle.
[0D70:1844][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Setting string variable 'INSTALLDIR' to value 'C:\Program Files (x86)\AwesomeCorp\AwesomeApp'
[0D70:1844][2013-12-24T08:45:57]i000: Getting variable 'INSTALLDIR' from the bundle.
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:05]i200: Plan begin, 2 packages, action: Install
[0D70:1844][2013-12-24T08:46:05]i000: Pagestamachine: setting ProgressPage
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:05]w321: Skipping dependency registration on package with no dependency providers: NetFx40Web
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:05]i000: Setting string variable 'WixBundleRollbackLog_Setup' to value 'C:\Users\Alex\Downloads\MyLogFile_0_Setup_rollback.log'
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:05]i000: Setting string variable 'WixBundleLog_Setup' to value 'C:\Users\Alex\Downloads\MyLogFile_0_Setup.log'
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:05]i201: Planned package: NetFx40Web, state: Present, default requested: Present, ba requested: Present, execute: None, rollback: None, cache: No, uncache: No, dependency: None
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:05]i201: Planned package: Setup, state: Absent, default requested: Present, ba requested: Present, execute: Install, rollback: Uninstall, cache: Yes, uncache: No, dependency: Register
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:05]i207: Planned related bundle: {3e80e7b7-660e-4529-b7fa-414ddc2954f5}, type: Upgrade, default requested: Absent, ba requested: Absent, execute: Uninstall, rollback: Install, dependency: None
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:05]i299: Plan complete, result: 0x0
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:05]i300: Apply begin
[0D70:1844][2013-12-24T08:46:05]i000: Pagestamachine: setting ProgressPage
[183C:26FC][2013-12-24T08:46:07]i360: Creating a system restore point.
[183C:26FC][2013-12-24T08:46:07]i361: Created a system restore point.
[183C:26FC][2013-12-24T08:46:07]i000: Caching bundle from: 'C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local\Temp\{3c4fa1ca-8f44-4d77-a9e6-4a42cdd61fb5}\.be\AwesomeSetup.exe' to: 'C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{3c4fa1ca-8f44-4d77-a9e6-4a42cdd61fb5}\AwesomeSetup.exe'
[183C:26FC][2013-12-24T08:46:07]i320: Registering bundle dependency provider: {3c4fa1ca-8f44-4d77-a9e6-4a42cdd61fb5}, version: 0.6.0.0
[183C:151C][2013-12-24T08:46:07]i305: Verified acquired payload: Setup at path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\.unverified\Setup, moving to: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{331D731B-5DAF-4EEC-A89B-C64786EFD96F}v0.6.0.0\AwesomeSetup.msi.
[183C:26FC][2013-12-24T08:46:07]i323: Registering package dependency provider: {331D731B-5DAF-4EEC-A89B-C64786EFD96F}, version: 0.6.0.0, package: Setup
[183C:26FC][2013-12-24T08:46:07]i301: Applying execute package: Setup, action: Install, path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{331D731B-5DAF-4EEC-A89B-C64786EFD96F}v0.6.0.0\AwesomeSetup.msi, arguments: ' ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT="1" MSIFASTINSTALL="7" INSTALLFOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\AwesomeCorp/AwesomeApp"'
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:10]i319: Applied execute package: Setup, result: 0x0, restart: None
[183C:26FC][2013-12-24T08:46:10]i325: Registering dependency: {3c4fa1ca-8f44-4d77-a9e6-4a42cdd61fb5} on package provider: {331D731B-5DAF-4EEC-A89B-C64786EFD96F}, package: Setup
[183C:26FC][2013-12-24T08:46:10]i301: Applying execute package: {3e80e7b7-660e-4529-b7fa-414ddc2954f5}, action: Uninstall, path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{3e80e7b7-660e-4529-b7fa-414ddc2954f5}\AwesomeSetup.exe, arguments: '"C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{3e80e7b7-660e-4529-b7fa-414ddc2954f5}\AwesomeSetup.exe" -uninstall -quiet -burn.related.upgrade'
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:11]i319: Applied execute package: {3e80e7b7-660e-4529-b7fa-414ddc2954f5}, result: 0x0, restart: None
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:11]i399: Apply complete, result: 0x0, restart: None, ba requested restart:  No
[0D70:1844][2013-12-24T08:46:11]i000: Pagestamachine: setting FinishPage

As far as I understand the log, the existing msi is not detected and therefore a clean install is performed, thus the two entries in the ARP. But how can that be?

2
wixwindows-installerburn

2 Answers

1
votes

The lines from the log:

[183C:26FC][2013-12-24T08:46:10]i301: Applying execute package: {3e80e7b7-660e-4529-b7fa-414ddc2954f5}, action: Uninstall, path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{3e80e7b7-660e-4529-b7fa-414ddc2954f5}\AwesomeSetup.exe, arguments: '"C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{3e80e7b7-660e-4529-b7fa-414ddc2954f5}\AwesomeSetup.exe" -uninstall -quiet -burn.related.upgrade'
[0D70:1560][2013-12-24T08:46:11]i319: Applied execute package: {3e80e7b7-660e-4529-b7fa-414ddc2954f5}, result: 0x0, restart: None

show that the previous version of the bundle is being uninstalled.

It was successful so the ARP entry should be removed. Look for the Burn log for that invocation.

0
votes

Cudos to Bob for finding out the answer. There really seems to be a bug in the managed BA I use, which is the Laika42 Themed Bootstrapper Light.

I created a test-project to verify that behavior and uploaded it to my skydrive

What I did:

  • Created a simple console application "AwesomeApp" to have something to install.
  • Created a setup project for it
  • Created a WIX Bootstrapper project for it

  • Created a Lakia42 Bootstrapper project for it

  • Now when I install the normal bootstrapper, then raise bootstrapper version and setup version and install it again, the old app along with its ARP entry is removed correctly.

  • When I install the Laika bootstrapper, then raise its version and the setups wersion and install it again, the old app is removed*, but the old ARP entry stays in the list!*

Very annoying bug that killed several hours of my time... Thank you so much Bob!

UPDATE: I just received a mail with the patched managed BA dll from Laika42. Now it works like a charm. Hopefully they'll publish it soon. 'till then, be careful using the Laika42 Bootstrapper Light.

@Bob: I guess I owe you a cold beer, right? Gimme a call when you ever come to Vienna ;-)