[Bug 30078] Many installers fail to detect MSXML6 component (MSXML6 is part of OS since Windows XP SP3 and Wine doesn't advertise it using registry key)

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30078

Anastasius Focht  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|                            |Installer
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX
            Summary|Many installers fail to     |Many installers fail to
                   |detect MSXML6 component     |detect MSXML6 component
                   |(Wine doesn't advertise its |(MSXML6 is part of OS since
                   |own MSXML6)                 |Windows XP SP3 and Wine
                   |                            |doesn't advertise it using
                   |                            |registry key)

--- Comment #3 from Anastasius Focht  2012-03-12 15:38:27 CDT ---
Hello Nikolay,

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Alexandre suggested to set reported windows version >winxp for such installers.
The problem is that this key is not present on native systems that already ship
msxml6 (vista and higher).
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This Microsoft XML Team's WebLog entry seems to bolster this:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmlteam/archive/2010/07/02/msxml6-is-now-in-band-msi...

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In the past several years, we’ve worked to move MSXML6 in-band for all
supported releases of Windows. This began with Vista RTM and has remained the
practice for all OS releases since then. Specifically, MSXML6 is in-band for XP
SP3, Vista and Windows 7 . It should also be noted that the Vista and Windows 7
Server counterparts also contain in-band MSXML6. I.e. Windows Server 2008 and
Windows Server 2008 R2 respectively. One caveat, those that are using Windows
Server 2003 will still need to install MSXML6 via MSI/KB<number>.exe wrapped
MSIs.

So what does all of this mean for you? If your MSXML6 dependent application is
supported on XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003, you’ll need to install the OOB
package of MSXML6. For all other OSes called out above, your MSXML6 dependent
application needn’t worry about installing MSXML6.
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So marking as "WONTFIX".

Usually it won't do any harm if installers decide to install native MSXML6
package on their own.

Regards