[virt-tools-list] [PATCH virt-viewer] msi: learn to build a non-privileged per-user installer

[Christophe Fergeau]

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 12:36:58PM +0200, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Christophe Fergeau
> <cfergeau at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I guess it's not possible to have a single installer handling both cases,
> > which does user install if it does not have enough privileges, admin
> > install if it does have enough privileges, and a command-line arg to force
> > user-install?
> 
> I looked at it, but it's only possible available since Win7 /
> Installer 5.0. I would also like to see an example out there in the
> wix community before implementing it.
> 
> And it's a bit controversial, see also this long post:
> http://csi-windows.com/blog/all/27-csi-news-general/108-windows-7-msi-5-per-user-applications-pua-a-no-starter

Ah, this is a very interesting article, thanks. Though the author does not
seem to be a big fan of per-user install in general. Do you have any idea
what happens with the user installer when user installation are disabled by
the administrator? I guess this just fails?
Also, which installer are you planning to ship on spice-space.org? Both?
Only one of these?

Christophe
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