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You wouldn't think it was still an issue in this day and age but apparently install aware does some very funny stuff with their msi which precludes you from renaming them.
If instead of downloading the file to a ${App}Install.${EXTENSION} it just used the original filename it would avoid this particular problem.
I am probably missing something very important about why it uses the alternate filename though
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Are you happy for me to create a pull request with the proposed structure?
Is that (currently assured) assumption about the filename used in other places? The helper method actually returns the full path to the file that it saves so you would imagine that that is what is being used subsequently in the flow but I haven't actually checked
You wouldn't think it was still an issue in this day and age but apparently install aware does some very funny stuff with their msi which precludes you from renaming them.
http://www.installaware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5532
(best reply from tech illiterate support I've ever seen in that forum)
The solution for this very specific problem comes from here I think:
https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey/blob/master/src/helpers/functions/Install-ChocolateyPackage.ps1#L77
If instead of downloading the file to a ${App}Install.${EXTENSION} it just used the original filename it would avoid this particular problem.
I am probably missing something very important about why it uses the alternate filename though
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: