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Windows: output to stdout during command line installation

Open marcoesters opened this issue 11 months ago • 1 comments

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  • [X] I added a descriptive title
  • [X] I searched open requests and couldn't find a duplicate

What is the idea?

While a decision has not been made about a replacement for NSIS (#646), it might be worth exploring adding stdout output to the Windows command line installer.

This could be a good start: https://forums.winamp.com/forum/developer-center/nsis-discussion/261756-write-to-command-line-when-silent#post3290436

Why is this needed?

There is currently no way to debug failures in command line installers. Using log files causes other issues (e.g., writing outside the installation directory with GUI installers when the "Browse..." button is clicked).

What should happen?

There should be an additional flag that allows users to output to stdout (or suppress output to stdout).

Additional Context

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marcoesters avatar Mar 12 '24 17:03 marcoesters