[wpkg-users] More java8 weakness...

[Marco Gaiarin]

I'm still fighting against java8, finding every time new troubles.
Looking at the list, i'm not alone. ;(

1) firstly, i've tried to uninstall old java version with the for hack,
with the @:

	<remove cmd="%ComSpec% /c for /L %N in (10,1,99) do @msiexec /passive /x {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F832180%~NF0}">

the command stall. With >NUL:
	<remove cmd="%ComSpec% /c for /L %N in (10,1,99) do msiexec /passive /x {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F832180%~NF0} >NUL">

if i put two command, the first for java6 and the second for java7 (in
different 'remove' stanzas), the second stall.

Seems instead the the wmic approach work:
        <install cmd='wmic product where "Name like 'Java 6%'" call uninstall /nointeractive' >
        <install cmd='wmic product where "Name like 'Java 7%'" call uninstall /nointeractive' >


2) seems that the installer completely ignore STATIC=0 and do everytime
 a ''nonstatic'' installation (this explain why the UUID have now a F0
and not FF as the last byte); this is a little trouble for me, because
i've some apps that rely on a constant java path.
I've tried commandline and 'INSTALLCFG=', it is the same.

'INSTALLDIR=' works, but i'm a bit scared on doing ''nonstatic''
installation on the same directory, probably a 'remove before
upgrade' is needed.

A better approach could be to leave the 'static' path and use link
(mklink /J) to recreate the ''default'' path?


3) activating some cmdline options (eg, STATIC=0) need that the file
 c:\programdata\oracle\java\java.settings.cfg exist; can be empty, but
have to exist.


Hoping in some feedback... Thanks...

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