[SERVER-10883] MSI's for 2008 and 2008r2 plus should use distinct install directories Created: 25/Sep/13  Updated: 05/Nov/15  Resolved: 10/Oct/13

Status: Closed
Project: Core Server
Component/s: Packaging
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: 2.5.3

Type: Task Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Ernie Hershey Assignee: Sridhar Nanjundeswaran
Resolution: Done Votes: 0
Labels: 26qa
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified
Environment:

Windows 2008 R2


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 Description   

If I do an installation with the 2008 installer, the 2008r2+ installer happily overwrites files in the same directory and the system thinks I have both products installed but I really only have the files from the most recent one I installed.

We could:
1) Leave the behavior this way, which is confusing
2) Use separate install directories so they can co-exist peacefully
3) Complain on install of overwriting files
4) Include both sets of files in a single MSI and choose which ones to install automatically (and thus make it harder or impossible to run non-2008r2+ builds on machines capable of running them)
5) Include both sets of files in a single MSI and let the user choose which to install, defaulting to the most performant version the installation target will run



 Comments   
Comment by auto [ 10/Oct/13 ]

Author:

{u'username': u'sridharn', u'name': u'Sridhar Nanjundeswaran', u'email': u'sridhar@10gen.com'}

Message: SERVER-10883 - different install directories for 2008R2+ and non 2008R2 builds
Branch: master
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/a02bfe597b6d703741b96f1a8fcbe1279b946c58

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