Package params are also applied to dependent package

[tvlieg]

What You Are Seeing?

If I install a package with install parameters, the parameters are also applied on a dependent package. In this case I'm trying to install a Tomcat instance, which has jdk8 as a dependency. command:

choco upgrade tomcat -dvy -m -params " INSTALLDIR=C:\Programs\tomcat "

Chocolatey fails on -params " INSTALLDIR=C:\Programs\tomcat " while installing jdk8, although the parameter wasn't intended for jdk8 at all.

What is Expected?

It is expected that -params " INSTALLDIR=C:\Programs\tomcat " isn't applied on jdk8 while installing tomcat, but only on tomcat.

How Did You Get This To Happen? (Steps to Reproduce)

Running choco upgrade tomcat -dvy -m -params " INSTALLDIR=C:\Programs\tomcat ". However, tomcat and jdk8 packages have been adjusted, so I don't know whether the problem can be reproduced easily. I don't think however that mixing the -params in between the two packages is a resultant of the install scripts, because those scripts have as far as I know no role in setting install parameters.

Output Log

GIST LINK - https://gist.github.com/flyonawindshield/81aaaa430b3119bee112a584ddfdd0ca

[ferventcoder]

While I will state that we've documented that this is the case, this scenario is not one you can easily control - you'd have to know to install the dependencies ahead of time or call this with --ignore-dependencies. Neither of those is an optimal scenario.

Side note - choco install tomcat --dir c:\Programs\tomcat will only ever apply to tomcat in Chocolatey Professional / Chocolatey for Business. The ubiquitous install directory switch for all your packages feature is already done and this exact scenario was accounted for already there. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ferventcoder/chocolatey-the-alternative-windows-store-like-yum/posts/1565222

Sounds like we need to do something similar for the selectors here.

[tvlieg]

Thanks for the quick reply! Installing the dependency ahead of time is the solution I'll go for now, although it is a bit more cumbersome as I'm working in the context of Puppet and I normally wouldn't want package-dependency-logic in my modules/profiles.

[ferventcoder]

At any rate it is logged as a bug/enhancement and I've marked it for the next release.