http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29739
Bug #: 29739 Summary: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 installer wants to update MSI to 4.5.6001.22299 (Wine: 4.5.6001.22159) Product: Wine Version: 1.4-rc1 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: msi AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: focht@gmx.net Classification: Unclassified
Hello,
the Visual Studio 2010 installer tries to install "Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 Update (x86)".
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_installer_team/archive/2008/12/05/update-to-...
Installer prerequisite checks log:
--- snip --- ... [01/29/12,14:01:09] Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 (x86) - Windows XP == [01/29/12,14:01:09] This component uses the FileVersionCheck version check method. It will compare a given version against the version of a file on your machine. [01/29/12,14:01:09] The file to be verified is C:\windows\system32\msi.dll. [01/29/12,14:01:09] Version on user's machine: 4.5.6001.22159 [01/29/12,14:01:09] Version to be installed: 4.5.6001.22159 [01/29/12,14:01:09] Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 (x86) - Windows XP == Component to be removed from installation list because a later version is on the machine. [01/29/12,14:01:09] Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 Update (x86) - Windows XP == [01/29/12,14:01:09] This component uses the FileVersionCheck version check method. It will compare a given version against the version of a file on your machine. [01/29/12,14:01:09] The file to be verified is C:\windows\system32\msi.dll. [01/29/12,14:01:09] Version on user's machine: 4.5.6001.22159 [01/29/12,14:01:09] Version to be installed: 4.5.6001.22299 [01/29/12,14:01:09] Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 Update (x86) - Windows XP == Component to be installed. ... --- snip ---
The update installer fails in the end due to bug 6194 (considered not critical).
It might be useful to have Wine msi dll version resource updated to 4.5.6001.22299 to prevent installation in first place.
Regards