Puppet users - Jun 2014 - Ability to "wait" for dotnet to complete installation

Hi all,

Interesting timing challenge around installing dotnet on Windows 2008 R2
Data Cente.

In essence, when we run the following command, it appears to complete in a
few seconds. The reality is that it spawns multiple new msiexecs to install
and configure itself over the next 5 mins or so.

dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe /q /norestart

This causes an obvious issue if we need to install a bit of software with
dotnet as a dependancy, unless, we can "wait" until dotnet has
finished
it's 5 min dance.

From command line, this issue is resolved by adding a "start /wait" to
the
above command. The next challenge is how to get the correct syntax for my
exec statement;

command   => "start /wait
${dotnet::params::deployment_root}\\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe
/q /norestart",

Without the "start /wait", the above command "works".

With the "start /wait", it complains as follows...

/Stage[main]//Dotnet[dotnet45]/Exec[install-dotnet-45]/returns:

Error: start /wait
 C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\etc\modules\dotnet\files\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe
/q /norestart returned 1 instead of one of [0]

 Short of writing a new function called "go for a cup of tea" feeding
it
the required number of sleep seconds(!), does anybody have any experiences
or ideas around this one??
-- 
Regs,

Stephen J Wallace
M +61 (0)415 306731
http://au.linkedin.com/in/stephenwallace

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