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OpenText: track Setup-OpenText scripts in repo, opt-in KillAfterDetection

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Two related fixes from a debugging round on the test PC:

1. PreInstall runner: detection-during-install kill is now opt-in via
   "KillAfterDetection: true" on JSON entries that need it. Old behavior
   killed any installer as soon as its detection passed - which broke
   Oracle: Oracle creates its registry key partway through install,
   the runner detected it at the 25s poll, killed msiexec mid-install,
   and msiserver was still doing rollback when the next install (VC++
   2008) started - so VC++ 2008 hit ERROR_INSTALL_ALREADY_RUNNING
   (1618). Only UDC needs the detection-kill (its installer spawns a
   hidden WPF window and never exits). Other installers exit cleanly
   on their own and shouldn't be killed.

2. Track Setup-OpenText scripts in git. The bundled OpenText install
   scripts (Setup-OpenText.ps1, Setup-OpenText.cmd, version.txt) live
   at runtime in /home/camp/pxe-images/main/dependencies/opentext/
   alongside the binary install files (~106 MB of MSI/CAB/MSP/MST plus
   profile content). The binaries stay outside git but the script
   logic and version stamp are mirrored into playbook/preinstall/
   opentext/ here so git history captures changes to the install
   logic and version bumps. README.md explains the workflow.

   Latest Setup-OpenText.ps1 includes:
     - $SourceDir default moved into script body (PowerShell evaluates
       param([string]$X = $PSScriptRoot) defaults at parameter-binding
       time, when $PSScriptRoot may not yet be populated, so the
       default came out as empty string and Join-Path crashed)
     - Logging set up FIRST so any startup error gets captured
     - REBOOT=ReallySuppress dropped from both msiexec calls (base MSI
       and SP1 patch) - OpenText installs shell extensions that hook
       explorer.exe, and Restart Manager closes explorer to replace
       the shell DLLs. With REBOOT=ReallySuppress, RM closed explorer
       but interpreted the relaunch as a "reboot action" and refused
       to do it, leaving the user with no desktop. /norestart on its
       own prevents the actual Windows reboot but lets RM cleanly
       close-and-relaunch explorer mid-install.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -100,10 +100,12 @@
"PCTypes": ["Standard"]
},
{
"_comment": "UDC_Setup.exe spawns a hidden WPF window (UDC.exe) after install and never exits, so the runner needs KillAfterDetection: true to terminate UDC_Setup.exe + UDC.exe once the registry detection passes. This is an OPT-IN flag - normal installers should NOT set it because killing msiexec mid-install leaves msiserver holding the install mutex and the next msiexec call returns 1618 (Oracle hit this exact bug).",
"Name": "UDC",
"Installer": "UDC_Setup.exe",
"Type": "EXE",
"InstallArgs": "\"West Jefferson\" 9999",
"KillAfterDetection": true,
"DetectionMethod": "Registry",
"DetectionPath": "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\UDC",
"PCTypes": ["Standard"]