[JIRA] Commented: (SSPCPP-517) Windows SP installer should not always roll back when shibd fails to start

[Rod Widdowson (JIRA)]

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Rod Widdowson commented on SSPCPP-517:
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>  Is there a way to just not tell it to start? 

That's my fallback.  Either don't start it ever, or don't start it for new installs.  There are various hammers I can use (for the record the easiest is to conditionalize the StartServicesAction).

I'm hoping to spend some more time working out why the wait="no" thing isn't doing what it should though, since that would be a better solution.

> Windows SP installer should not always roll back when shibd fails to start
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>
>                 Key: SSPCPP-517
>                 URL: https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-517
>             Project: Shibboleth SP - C++
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Installation / Packaging
>    Affects Versions: 2.5.0
>            Reporter: Elliot Kendall
>            Assignee: Rod Widdowson
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 2.5.1
>
>   Original Estimate: 4 hours
>          Time Spent: 1 hour
>  Remaining Estimate: 3 hours
>
> The SP Windows installer currently installs the software, tries to start shibd, and then removes the software if shibd does not start. Troubleshooting the reason that shibd did not start generally requires that the SP software be installed, however.
> Either disable the rollback functionality completely, or provide an option (GUI or command line) to let the user disable it.
> See also:
> http://marc.info/?l=shibboleth-users&m=135057653113392
> https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-499

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