[Bug 47316] New: Mono/ gecko installers should installer after a timeout period

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47316

Bug ID: 47316
           Summary: Mono/gecko installers should installer after a timeout
                    period
           Product: Wine
           Version: 4.9
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: download, Installer, source
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Currently, if mono/gecko aren't installed, the user gets a prompt to install
them. That's great, but if it's an unattended run, it will hang indefinitely.

Instead, the installer should automatically install after 1/5/10 minutes, to
not break automated runs.

[Bug 47316] Mono/gecko installers should installer after a timeout period

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47316

bronek  changed:

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pattietreutel  changed:

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Olivier F. R. Dierick  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
Hello,

I'd rather have the choice of the default action.
I would like to get rid of the interactive prompts too, not only for unattended
updates, but also when I'm manually updating tens of prefixes.

I supplement this enhancement request by suggesting the use of an environment
variable that specifies whether to install or not. When the variable is set the
interactive prompts should be bypassed immediately.

Something like this : WINE_AUTOMATIC_UPDATE=string which would be a comma
separated list of installable modules names, or "none". examples:
WINE_AUTOMATIC_UPDATE=mono #Install only mono.
WINE_AUTOMATIC_UPDATE=gecko,mono #Install mono and gecko.
WINE_AUOTMATIC_UPDATE=all #Install all modules.
WINE_AUTOMATIC_UPDATE=none #Don't install any modules.
WINE_AUTOMATIC_UPDATE="" #Ask user with prompts (same as unset variable).

Regards.

[Bug 47316] Mono/gecko installers should installer after a timeout period

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47316

--- Comment #2 from Matteo Bruni  ---
Isn't it easier to put the installation files where they are looked for instead
of having to rely on the downloader? E.g. for local wine builds, put the
wine-mono installers under ../mono and gecko ones under ../gecko. If you have
multiple prefixes you probably even want to use the new shared install thing
for mono.

[Bug 47316] Mono/gecko installers should installer after a timeout period

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47316

--- Comment #3 from Austin English  ---
(In reply to Matteo Bruni from comment #2)
> Isn't it easier to put the installation files where they are looked for
> instead of having to rely on the downloader? E.g. for local wine builds, put
> the wine-mono installers under ../mono and gecko ones under ../gecko. If you
> have multiple prefixes you probably even want to use the new shared install
> thing for mono.

Sure; but if you want to run automated tests, things will break whenever
wine-mono/wine-gecko get updated.

Just because people can download/cache locally doesn't mean we shouldn't make
it easier to support testing the latest and greatest wine.

IMO Oliver's request belongs in a separate bug, I don't want to confuse two the
two discussions.

[Bug 47316] Mono/gecko installers should installer after a timeout period

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47316

--- Comment #4 from bronek  ---
To reproduce the issue, you can run: `wineboot -i` or `wineboot -u` on the
first install (otherwise remove ~/.wine to test).

When you've headless installation using X virtual framebuffer, the command
hangs.

The only workaround is to stop Gecko/Mono from installing by
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="mscoree,mshtml="

But the idea is to install it automatically.

Related posts:

- https://superuser.com/a/1434420/87805
- https://superuser.com/q/948508/87805

[Bug 47316] Mono/gecko installers should install after a timeout period

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Austin English  changed:

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            Summary|Mono/gecko installers       |Mono/gecko installers
                   |should installer after a    |should install after a
                   |timeout period              |timeout period