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Run Boxstarter in "Debug" mode?

I'm writing some BoxStarter scripts for unattended installation.

I've put some Write-Debug in my scripts and would like to conditionally see their output. Is there a flag I could run BoxStarter with (BoxStarter.bat PackageName -Debug don't works)?

Same debugging idea: Is there a way to make BoxStarter/Powershell tell at which file and line it found the fatal error that makes it stop? I know BoxStarter packages get packed into a .nupkg file but maybe is there a way to retrieve original file and line?

Solution

    1. If you use write-debug then the output will appear in c:\chocolatey\chocolateyinstall\chocolateyinstall.log

    2. To get good stacktrace info, I suggest wrapping the contents of your package in a try catch and in your catch block have it include:

    Write-ChocolateyFailure 'MyPackage' $($_.Exception.ToString())