[SOLVED] How to avoid MSI install errors when ADDLOCAL contains a non-existant feature

How to avoid MSI install errors when ADDLOCAL contains a non-existant feature

We've got an MSI installer with a number of features. Over time features are added and removed as the underlying architecture changes or a feature becomes deprecated (perhaps it was only relevant on an older OS version).

At the same time we have automation that will run silent installs, passing ADDLOCAL on the command-line. Whenever we drop a feature in the MSI we have to also drop the feature name from the ADDLOCAL command-line argument otherwise the install will fail throwing:

Error 2711.The specified Feature name ('FOO') not found in Feature table.

Is there a way we can ignore these missing features such that our installs don't fail? This would give us more breathing room between when we drop a feature from our MSI and when we get around to updating the automation that runs the silent installs.

Thanks.

Solution

Nope. This falls into one of those "Don't do that" things.

You could scan the MSI as part of your build and modify the command-line passed by your tool. That's probably the best option if you can't keep the tools up to date otherwise.