http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20804
Summary: Wine should be able to run/execute/install MSI files directly Product: Wine Version: 1.1.33 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: loader AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: t.artem@mailcity.com
Right now if you
$ wine package.msi
it will just
"Segmentation fault"
I believe, since msiexec is hidden under $PREFIX/lib/wine/msiexec.exe.so and can only be run via "wine msiexec /i installer.msi" (which is at best very tiresome), it would be much more convenient just to automatically call MSI installer if wine itself is called with .MSI package as the only argument.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20804
--- Comment #1 from Andrew Nguyen arethusa26@gmail.com 2009-11-23 02:53:15 --- I do believe this is an invalid bug. It doesn't make sense to expect the Wine loader handle non-executable files sensibly, and you can certainly do wine start installer.msi if you want to invoke the installer via a shell handler.
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--- Comment #2 from Artem S. Tashkinov t.artem@mailcity.com 2009-11-23 03:08:07 --- Let Alexander judge between us.
// Something inside me tells that wine should substitute itself with start.exe for all file extensions other than .exe and .com.
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Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX
--- Comment #3 from Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com 2009-11-23 08:34:18 --- That's what Wine has 'start' for.
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Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED
--- Comment #4 from Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com 2009-11-23 08:34:40 --- Closing.
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Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|loader |-unknown
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Dmitry Timoshkov dmitry@codeweavers.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|WONTFIX |INVALID
--- Comment #5 from Dmitry Timoshkov dmitry@codeweavers.com 2009-11-23 09:53:15 --- JFYI: MSI files are not executables.
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Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|INVALID |WONTFIX
--- Comment #6 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com 2009-11-23 09:53:34 --- (In reply to comment #1)
I do believe this is an invalid bug. It doesn't make sense to expect the Wine loader handle non-executable files sensibly, and you can certainly do wine start installer.msi if you want to invoke the installer via a shell handler.
Exactly. Launching msi files directly under a dos prompt fails as well.
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Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|WONTFIX |INVALID
--- Comment #7 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com 2009-11-23 09:53:45 --- Didn't mean to reset that..