[Package Issue]: Mikrotik.TheDude

[VMelnalksnis]

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• I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
• I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.

Category of the issue

Other

Brief description of your issue

After installation the current version is Unknown.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install the package winget install Mikrotik.TheDude
2. See that the version shows up as unknown

Name                                      Id               Version          Available        Source
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Dude                                  Mikrotik.TheDude Unknown          7.16             winget

Actual behavior

The installed versions always is Unknown.

Expected behavior

Installed version is correctly understood and winget does not always prompt for updates.

Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.8.1911
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19045.5011
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.23.1911.0

Winget Directories

Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Portable Links Directory (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads D:_sort_downloads

Links

Privacy Statement https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale

Admin Setting State

LocalManifestFiles Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled

Screenshots and Logs

Found The Dude [Mikrotik.TheDude] Version 7.16
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Downloading https://download.mikrotik.com/routeros/7.16/dude-install-7.16.exe
  ██████████████████████████████  2.22 MB / 2.22 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed

[Dragon1573]

🎉 Issue reproduced and identified!

The package does not write any version information to Windows Registry, so winget.exe can't get any version information from ARP Entries. winget.exe will mark this package as version Unknown and fall into an "infinite upgrade loop" ...

Since this is a Nullsoft install wizard, winget.exe will not write any ARP entries for the package. All these stuff are done by the installer itself. So this might be a Blocking-Issue Manifest validation is blocked by a known issue. with Area-External .

16:54:59 D:\...\winget-pkgs  [master ≡] 5ms pwsh> komac show --installer-manifest Mikrotik.TheDude
PackageIdentifier: Mikrotik.TheDude
PackageVersion: '7.16'
InstallerType: nullsoft
ReleaseDate: 2024-09-24
Installers:
- Architecture: x64
  InstallerUrl: https://download.mikrotik.com/routeros/7.16/dude-install-7.16.exe
  InstallerSha256: D3382A4F472FF84F4174BE3A108AF77E06108C2CE7D9355248AC6D543BE8CF07
ManifestType: installer
ManifestVersion: 1.6.0

[stephengillie]

This is something of a known issue with packages whose installers do not write version data to the Registry.

[Trenly]

[Policy] Installer Issue