From e51f7dc94b64f7549040f0193c932229c959ebf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Boucha Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:24:12 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about silent_flags on Windows installers. --- doc/ref/windows-package-manager.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/ref/windows-package-manager.rst b/doc/ref/windows-package-manager.rst index 6c50d87f40..53ad4943c6 100644 --- a/doc/ref/windows-package-manager.rst +++ b/doc/ref/windows-package-manager.rst @@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ Add ``msiexec: True`` if using an MSI installer requiring the use of ``msiexec /i`` to install and ``msiexec /x`` to uninstall. ``/srv/salt/win/repo/7zip/init.sls`` +The ``install_flags`` and ``uninstall_flags`` are flags passed to the software +installer to cause it to perform a silent install. These can often be found by +adding ``/?`` or ``/h`` when running the installer from the command line. A +great resource for finding these silent install flags can be found on the WPKG +project's wiki_: + .. code-block:: yaml 7zip: @@ -144,3 +150,6 @@ cache and then refresh each minion's package cache: $ salt-run winrepo.update_git_repos $ salt-run winrepo.genrepo $ salt \* pkg.refresh_db + + +.. _wiki: http://wpkg.org/Category:Silent_Installers