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

[Rod Widdowson (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-517?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=14531#comment-14531 ] 

Rod Widdowson commented on SSPCPP-517:
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Again for the record:

Setting wait column in the ServiceControl Field to non zero (Wait='Yes' in the <ServiceControl/>) means that the install will fail, but throw a dialog at the point of failure.  Zero ('Wait='No) means it fails immediately.  Who knows why.

Faced with this the only safe approach is to supress first time starting.

> Windows SP installer should not always roll back when shibd fails to start
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 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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