Hi All,
(ASIDE: This is really more of a user question, than a development
question, but there doesn't seem to be a NAntContrib Users list, is it the
project's preference to send usage here, or to Nant Users?)
I've been working through how to use the MSI/MSM Tasks this past week (if
I get time, I'll try to publish my notes) and from what I have seen it
appears that every single folder in the install tree has to have a
corresponding entry in the Directories element, the Features element,
*and* the Components element. Is this correct?
If so, do I have to do this myself (e.g. either manually or via
generation) or is there a way to get the task to recurse the tree and
create them?
My fear is that trying to use the msi task is going to be infeasible. We
are considering ditching the msi task, and going with Wise or some other
commercial tool, but I wanted to get confirmation from here first that I
am not missing something.
Here's how our install looks:
First, we have an install source tree that looks something like this:
installSource\
Company\
Project\
Version\
src\
files
AssemblyOne\
csproj + other files
Source\
files
SourceTests\
files
AssemblyTwo\
csproj + other files
Source
files
SourceTests
files
...
AssemblyThirty\
...
doc
folderOne\
files
folderTwo\
files
...
folderN
files
bin
(bunch of stuff, including the built assemblies)
Tools\
bin\
(bunch of tools that don't have their own install
location)
InstalledTool\
bin\
stuff\
...
We want to package this into feature-set like this:
All
Binaries (installs Company\Project\Version\bin\*)
Source (installs Company\Project\Version\src\**\*)
Docs (installs Company\Project\Version\src\**\*)
Tools (installs Tools\**\*)
Furthermore Binaries requires running some third-party installs and some
GAC registration.
Am I seeing this right: that we need Features, components and Directories
entries for each folder?
Best,
Bill
William E. Caputo
ThoughtWorks, Inc.
http://www.williamcaputo.com
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