Logging should indicate payload being sought when acquiring container

[wixbot]

I have spent quite a chunk of time debugging an issue for the following situation

[1624:2E48][2015-05-08T18:48:32]i300: Apply begin
[2584:18BC][2015-05-08T18:48:32]i360: Creating a system restore point.
[2584:18BC][2015-05-08T18:48:40]i361: Created a system restore point.
[2584:2DC4][2015-05-08T18:48:40]i304: Verified existing payload: RequirementCheck at path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\RequirementCheck.exe.
[2584:18BC][2015-05-08T18:48:40]i301: Applying execute package: RequirementCheck, action: Install, path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\RequirementCheck.exe, arguments: '...'
[1624:2E48][2015-05-08T18:48:49]i319: Applied execute package: RequirementCheck, result: 0x0, restart: None
[1624:2E48][2015-05-08T18:48:50]i399: Apply complete, result: 0x0, restart: None, ba requested restart:  No

As you can see from the log there is a package called RequirementCheck which is called during the Installation. Since this package is not really installed and only run during the installation chain, I set its Cache property to Cache="no"

<ExePackage Id="RequirementCheck" Compressed="yes" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Cache="no" ... />

During the the past few days I wanted to add "Modify / Change" Support to the Installation and always ran into this error

[2C64:2A68][2015-05-08T18:35:37]i300: Apply begin
[2C64:2274][2015-05-08T18:35:44]w341: Prompt for source of container: WixAttachedContainer, path: C:\...\Bootstrapper.exe
[2C64:2274][2015-05-08T18:35:44]e054: Failed to resolve source for file: C:\...\Bootstrapper.exe, error: 0x80070002.
[2C64:2274][2015-05-08T18:35:44]e000: Error 0x80070002: Failed while prompting for source (original path 'C:\...\Bootstrapper.exe').
[2C64:2274][2015-05-08T18:35:44]e311: Failed to acquire container: WixAttachedContainer to working path: C:\...\{GUID}\RANDOMNUMBER, error: 0x80070002.
[2C64:2A68][2015-05-08T18:35:44]e000: Error 0x80070002: Failed while caching, aborting execution.
[2C64:2A68][2015-05-08T18:35:44]i399: Apply complete, result: 0x80070002, restart: None, ba requested restart:  No

As you can see in the log, there is absolutely no feedback as to why the installer wants the original bootstrapper file (because of the the uncached (missing) RequirementCheck).

It took me a lot of time to understand the issue at hand and the fix is extremely simple and understandable.

Could you please expand the logging Information about missing packages during the Installation / repair / change / modify chain to make it more clear when something is missing

Originally opened by martin

[wixbot]

This post helped me to identify the issue and it may be related

Originally posted by martin

[wixbot]

Logging should be improved.

Release changed from v3.9 to v4.x
Type changed from Bug to Feature