Package Resource isn't searching 64-bit Registry Hives

[seththoenen]

Description

The package resource should search additional registry hives if the system has a 64-bit architecture. This seems to not be functioning as intended.

InSpec and Platform Version

0.35 - Windows

Replication Case

64-bit packages that are installed and have registry keys under the following hives do not show as installed during Inspec tests:

HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*
HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*

Possible Solutions

In order to load the additional 64-bit hives, there is an if statement that checks the architecture of the system to see if it matches x86_64. If so, it will add the additional registry hives to search over. However, the method that is supposed to return the architecture value (inspec.os.arch) returns a value of '64-bit' instead of x86_64 when on 64 bit editions of Windows Server

Changing the following line worked for my Inspec tests on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2:

/inspec/lib/resource/package.rb line 197

Current code: if inspec.os.arch == 'x86_64'
Proposed code: if inspec.os.arch == '64-bit'

Stacktrace

No stack trace is available for this issue.

[jerryaldrichiii]

@seththoenen, looks like the 64-bit value is coming from wmic os get * /format:list command located here.

Since that value is coming from Windows and the section of InSpec code you are referring to applies to Windows packages, I think your solution is valid.

[chris-rock]

This has been solved with train 0.20.0 https://github.com/chef/train/releases/tag/v0.20.0 via inspec/train#151