win_package how can it know package has been installed when product_id is not specified

[Alex Lu]

Hi everyone,

About win_package, in the official document, it mentions: product_id value is ignored if path is set to a local accesible file path and the package is not an exe.

So, if I want to install MSI package, and I specify the path to a local accessible file path, then I don't need to set product_id, correct ? If I don't set product_id, how it can know if the package has been installed?  by searching for the InstallSource in registry?

[jbor...@gmail.com]

If it's an msi, the module can scan the package itself to get the product_id. If it's an exe then it would need the product_id or one of the creates_* options to try and add some idempotency.