The to "why would I do that" changed the last minutes...
Initially I wanted to create the update package as Adobe themself seemed to be quite slow in releasing the MSP update packages to their catalog (I had noticed in the past that sometimes it needs some days for the new updates to appear). But in this case Adobe is innocent: somehow the subscription for the Reader 11 catalog became deselected and (correct behavior) I only got the update packages for Reader 10.
Now I've got a working update package which gets recognized as needed . And I'm more confused then before, as I cannot see major differences between the two packages.
| Self-Created | Adobe | |
| Update/Package ID | 83ad57d7-8553-4894-a519-4746ad066e40 | 2097dcab-dec6-47eb-bd8b-ea73391052c1 |
| Update Type | Software | Software |
| Download URL | http://armdl.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/11.x/11.0.09/misc/AdbeRdrUpd11009.msp | http://armdl.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/11.x/11.0.09/misc/AdbeRdrUpd11009.msp |
| MSP Full Patch Code | ac76ba86-7ad7-0000-2550-7a8c40011009 | ac76ba86-7ad7-0000-2550-7a8c40011009 |
| Package Type | Windows Installer Patch (.msp) | Windows Installer Patch (.msp) |
| KB ID | APSB14-20 | |
| Security Bulletin ID | APSB14-20 | |
| CVE ID | ||
| Severity | Critical | Critical |
| Classification | Critical Update | Security Updates |
| Supported Languages | Language Neutral | Language Neutral |
| Downloaded | Yes | Yes |
| Package Size | 43,07 (MB) | 43,07 (MB) |
| SHA1 Digest | 2kpt8b4xzBtIPznibiFAoJBNyAQ= | 2kpt8b4xzBtIPznibiFAoJBNyAQ= |
| Direct Download | Yes | Yes |
| Uses Package Boot | No | No |
| Metadata Only | No | No |
| Is Published | Yes | Yes |
Both packages use the same MSP file. If the MSP is responsible for creating the needed rules I do not understand why one of theese packages wants to get deployed to thousands of computers and the other one not.
Is there any possibility to take a look at the included rules of a MSP?
Regarding the SHA1 Digest in the update summary: digest of what? While experimenting yesterday I created a few packages, some by scratch (the above one) some by duplicating an existing package and mofifying it. All packages use the same content (AdbeRdrUpd11009.msp) which shows up in the content tab with the SHA1 Digest 2kpt8b4xzBtIPznibiFAoJBNyAQ= but not all packages show this digest in the summary.
Regarding the provided full installer: this package gets installed even if there was no existing installation before. As I just want to update existing installations and it cannot be installed on all clients I don't use this package.
Regarding my "MST/MSI" last year problem: I'm quite happy with the solution/workaround as I've got a quite standarized installation base today. Hopefully the next big update will be the problem of someone else as our company is just in the outsourcing process for workplace management.