Jira (PUP-11695) Windows package uninstall uses msi provider when exe provider available

[GeorgesZ (Jira)]

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GeorgesZ created an issue   Puppet / PUP-11695 Windows package uninstall uses msi provider when exe provider available Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 7.20.0 Assignee: Unassigned Components: Windows Created: 2023/01/04 2:55 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: GeorgesZ Puppet Version: 7.20.0 Puppet Server Version: ** 7.20.0 OS Name/Version: Windows 10 Using the package resource, version 2.1.802 of Microsoft .NET SDK x86 cannot be uninstalled like the x64 architecture or other versions (eg: 2.1.403, 5.0.102, 5.0.401). Installers for Microsoft .NET SDK can be downloaded using a url like this https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/sdk-${version}-windows-x86-installer and can be installed/uninstalled using something like this: package { "Microsoft .NET ${optional_core}SDK ${version} (x86)": ensure            => $ensure, source            => "${download_folder}/dotnet-sdk-${version}-win-x86.exe", install_options   => ['/install', '/passive', '/norestart'], uninstall_options => ['/uninstall', '/passive', '/norestart'], } package { "Microsoft .NET ${optional_core}SDK ${version} (x64)": ensure            => $ensure, source            => "${download_folder}/dotnet-sdk-${version}-win-x86.exe", install_options   => ['/install', '/passive', '/norestart'], uninstall_options => ['/uninstall', '/passive', '/norestart'], } except for version 2.1.802 that MUST be installed/uninstalled using something like this: package { 'Microsoft .NET Core SDK 2.1.802 (x86)': ensure            => absent, source            => "${download_folder}/dotnet-sdk-2.1.802-win-x86.exe", install_options   => ['/install', '/passive', '/norestart'], uninstall_options => undef, } package { 'Microsoft .NET Core SDK 2.1.802 (x64)': ensure            => absent, source            => "${download_folder}/dotnet-sdk-2.1.802-win-x64.exe", install_options   => ['/install', '/passive', '/norestart'], uninstall_options => ['/uninstall', '/passive', '/norestart'], } The cause seems to be that the package resource uninstalls Microsoft .NET SDK version 2.1.802 x86 using the msi provider: msiexec.exe /qn /norestart /x {F56405A6-5942-4EC9-A446-54167AA57752} $uninstall_options when it could use the exe provider: "C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{92a4ca67-9d75-4067-8522-e684fd033096}\dotnet-sdk-2.1.802-win-x86.exe"  /uninstall $uninstall_options I am wondering if the root cause could be this where the MSI provider may be used before the EXE provider. It seems that in this case, the Microsoft .NET SDK EXE installer uses internally an MSI installer which results in both EXE and MSI Uninstall entries in the registry. It seems that uninstalling should be looking for the entry created by the EXE before looking for the entry created by the MSI. Desired Behavior: Installing/uninstalling Microsoft .NET SDK version 2.1.802 should work using something like this: package { 'Microsoft .NET Core SDK 2.1.802 (x86)': ensure            => $ensure, source            => "${download_folder}/dotnet-sdk-2.1.802-win-x86.exe", install_options   => ['/install', '/passive', '/norestart'], uninstall_options => ['/uninstall', '/passive', '/norestart'], } package { 'Microsoft .NET Core SDK 2.1.802 (x64)': ensure            => $ensure, source            => "${download_folder}/dotnet-sdk-2.1.802-win-x64.exe", install_options   => ['/install', '/passive', '/norestart'], uninstall_options => ['/uninstall', '/passive', '/norestart'], } Actual Behavior: The Microsoft .NET SDK version Version 2.1.802 must be installed/uninstalled with something like this: package { 'Microsoft .NET Core SDK 2.1.802 (x86)': ensure            => $ensure, source            => "${download_folder}/dotnet-sdk-2.1.802-win-x86.exe", install_options   => ['/install', '/passive', '/norestart'], uninstall_options => [], } package { 'Microsoft .NET Core SDK 2.1.802 (x64)': ensure            => $ensure, source            => "${download_folder}/dotnet-sdk-2.1.802-win-x64.exe", install_options   => ['/install', '/passive', '/norestart'], uninstall_options => ['/uninstall', '/passive', '/norestart'], }   Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.11#820011-sha1:0629dd8) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-bugs/JIRA.477888.1672872930000.69833.1672872960109%40Atlassian.JIRA.