Thank you all for the great suggestions.
Josh was right on the money with prepending "*cmd.exe* /c start /wait".
I also confess to being very lazy reusing someone else's brilliance with
the Execs. We do know that Package resources are sweet, shiny, and will
assure you def get through the Pearly Gates when your time arrives!
I think that They are right in saying that the longest way between two
points, is usually the shortcut!
Anon :)
On Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:15:24 UTC+10, Stephen Wallace wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Interesting timing challenge around installing dotnet on Windows 2008 R2
> Data Cente.
>
> In essence, when we run the following command, it appears to complete in a
> few seconds. The reality is that it spawns multiple new msiexecs to install
> and configure itself over the next 5 mins or so.
>
> dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe /q /norestart
>
> This causes an obvious issue if we need to install a bit of software with
> dotnet as a dependancy, unless, we can "wait" until dotnet has finished
> it's 5 min dance.
>
> From command line, this issue is resolved by adding a "start /wait" to the
> above command. The next challenge is how to get the correct syntax for my
> exec statement;
>
> command => "start /wait
> ${dotnet::params::deployment_root}\\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe
> /q /norestart",
>
> Without the "start /wait", the above command "works".
>
> With the "start /wait", it complains as follows...
>
> /Stage[main]//Dotnet[dotnet45]/Exec[install-dotnet-45]/returns:
>
> Error: start /wait
>
> C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\etc\modules\dotnet\files\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe
>
> /q /norestart returned 1 instead of one of [0]
>
> Short of writing a new function called "go for a cup of tea" feeding it
> the required number of sleep seconds(!), does anybody have any experiences
> or ideas around this one??
> --
> Regs,
>
> Stephen J Wallace
> M +61 (0)415 306731
> http://au.linkedin.com/in/stephenwallace
>
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