[chef] Re: Determining State of Affairs on Windows Nodes


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  • From: Edward Sargisson < >
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  • Subject: [chef] Re: Determining State of Affairs on Windows Nodes
  • Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:07:28 -0700
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I don't have time to look up the references for this but the majority
of Windows apps should put their uninstall details into a known
location in the registry. I believe this is a requirement for Windows
certification.

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:01 AM,  
< >
 wrote:
> I am using chef to manage Windows boxes. I want my recipe to install a given
> version of an application. If the app is already installed to that version, 
> I
> don't want to reinstall it. Are there best practices/built-in functionality 
> for
> doing this, or do I have to roll my own? It seems like the *nix versions 
> rely
> on the native package managers to handle this functionality. Note that
> "application" could be an app that gets installed in C:\Programs, or a set 
> of
> DLL's that go in the GAC, etc.
>



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