winget upgrade-available reports multiple CUDA updates, even if using latest version

[eabase]

Brief description of your issue

I installed the latest Nvidia.CUDA package/drivers and now winget reports multiple updates available for the same package.

# winget list --upgrade-available

Name                     Id          Version  Available Source
--------------------------------------------------------------
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit      Nvidia.CUDA 12.4     12.4.1    winget
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 12.3 Nvidia.CUDA 12.3.2   12.4.1    winget
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 12.4 Nvidia.CUDA > 12.3.2 12.4.1    winget

3 upgrades available.

Steps to reproduce

Install old version, unless you already have one.
Then install the latest version.

Expected behavior

That the package is reported as up-to-date / latest, and not shown when using the --upgrade-available

Actual behavior

Showing multiple available versions for the same package id, even if already at latest.

Environment

winget --info

Windows Package Manager v1.7.11132
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.3447
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.22.11132.0

Winget Directories
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Logs                               %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings                      %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Portable Links Directory (User)    %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User)       %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root              C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86)        C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads                %USERPROFILE%\Downloads

Links
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Privacy Statement   https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement   https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage            https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale

Admin Setting                             State
--------------------------------------------------
LocalManifestFiles                        Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride                     Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride           Disabled

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[eabase]

Your AI have correctly identified several similar issues dating back ~3 years, so why haven't this annoyance been fixed?

[Masamune3210]

....just because an issue is old and known doesn't make it easy to fix

[denelon]

We've started working on these "side-by-side" types of issues. The latest WinGet 1.8-preview has an experimental feature which can be enabled and may improve the experience here.

[eabase]

We've started working on these "side-by-side" types of issues. The latest WinGet 1.8-preview has an experimental feature which can be enabled and may improve the experience here.

Great! How can I test the new preview?

(Sorry, I can't recall how to install the different version.)

[denelon]

You can install the preview versions here at GitHub in the releases section. The release notes also cover which experimental features are available. You can run winget settings -? in the client to see the help and get a link to the settings available for the client.

[davidldennison]

We've started working on these "side-by-side" types of issues. The latest WinGet 1.8-preview has an experimental feature which can be enabled and may improve the experience here.

Having this exact issue with Cuda versioning, however sideBySide only slightly helps:

C:>winget upgrade
Name Id Version Available Source

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 12.4 Nvidia.CUDA > 12.3.2 12.4.1 winget

Can't install with sideBySide enabled as it gives a GetVariant Error (see #4425)

[eabase]

Yes, I tried by installing the 1.8-preview.

Indeed the issues with multiple CUDA versions were gone, and also the Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6 issue.

To Install winget preview, do this:

# 0. Check winget features
winget features

# 1. Download "-preview" from:
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases

# 2. Run (as admin):
Add-AppxPackage -Path '.\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle'

# 3. Change feature settings:
winget settings

# 4. Add:
"experimentalFeatures": {
        "sideBySide": true
    }

# Check
winget --info

# To Revert, download & run (the non-preview version):
Add-AppxPackage -Path '.\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.1.7.11132.msixbundle' -ForceUpdateFromAnyVersion

However, I had to revert because the output formatting of winget list was awful, where all the Ids had been replaced with MSIX/.... something.

[eabase]

OT Warning!

This brings up another (OT) issue.
Why can't we install whatever version we like using the id and Version/Available strings?
That would make much more sense, than having to run Add-AppxPackage.

One would expect something like the following to work:

winget install -i -e "Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle" -v '1.7.11132`

[fehrin1]

I have the same problem or to state it clear: I have only CUDA 12.4.1 installed and get with winget update (upgrade)
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 12.4 Nvidia.CUDA > 12.3.2 12.4.1 winget
So there is a flaw in detecting the installed version, is this corrected in some winget version resp. will it be fixed in future versions?