Bug 1009338

Summary:	auto.xml file is not portable among eap versions
Product:	[JBoss] JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6	Reporter:	Petr Kremensky <pkremens>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Thomas Hauser <thauser>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Petr Kremensky <pkremens>
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Description Petr Kremensky 2013-09-18 08:59:55 UTC

Description of problem:
We are using auto.xml (file generated by installer for multiple installation of same EAP instance) in dist-diff tests.

In 6.1.1 we were able to use auto.xml generated by EAP 6.1.0 installer, but with 6.2.0 we get:
[ Automated installation FAILED! ]

Would it be too much of an effort to make auto.xml portable among versions? 
We could start with 6.2 and every new feature in upcoming EAP releases would use default configuration if it is not present in auto.xml generated by older release.

Comment 1 Thomas Hauser 2013-09-18 14:16:42 UTC

This is occurring because the 6.2.0 installer has many new features that are not referenced at all in the 6.1.0 / 6.1.1 installer. IzPack reads the auto.xml and can't decide or use these new options, so it fails.

Changing this behavior would require extensive modification to IzPack.