Re: BUG #1586: Rollback of installation during a silent install with -qn option

>The following bug has been logged online:
>
>Bug reference: 1586
>Logged by: Preethi
>Email address: preethi(dot)subramaniam(at)wipro(dot)com
>PostgreSQL version: 8.0.1
>Operating system: Win 2K Pro
>Description: Rollback of installation during a silent
>install with
>-qn option
>Details:
>
>Hi,
> We are installing Postgres as part of our product. We use
>msiexec.exe to
>launch the postgres installation. InstallScript ( which is the script
>wriiten in InstallShield) is used to launch the msiexec and pass the
>postgres msi - postgresql-8.0-int.msi as it's cmd line parameter.
> The following is the command line parameter for the postgres
>msi : /qr
>INTERNALLAUNCH=1 DOSERVICE=1 ALLUSERS=[ALLUSERS] ADDLOCAL=ALL
>SERVICEDOMAIN=%COMPUTERNAME% SERVICEACCOUNT=postgres
>SERVICEPASSWORD=pOST!(at)gres SUPERUSER=postgres SUPERPASSWORD=pOST!(at)gres
>BASEDIR=F:\POSTGRES.
> The installation works fine with the /qr option.It shows
>the progress
>bar. However, I want the installation to be a completely
>silent one. So I
>give /qn option. In this case, files get copied but then it
>rolls back.
> Note : There is no problem with the username,p/w and
>privileges as it is
>the same given to both /qr and /qn option.
> Please let me know how to correct this.

That should work - very interesting. Can you run it with logging enabled
and see what error you get in the log just before it rolls back? /l*
log.txt or /l*v log.txt should get you logging at different levels.

//Magnus