Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure when using non-whole files
Hi, I have the same issue.. How can I mark certain files as a full-file patch? Thanks, -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Patch-failure-when-using-non-whole-files-tp701419p7580576.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure when using non-whole files
Try File/@PatchWholeFile=yes although MSDN recommends including whole files in patches, if you can, to reduce source prompts. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370841%28v=vs.85%29 .aspx -Original Message- From: rowbot [mailto:jamesnrow...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 17 September 2012 16:41 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure when using non-whole files Hi, I have the same issue.. How can I mark certain files as a full-file patch? Thanks, -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Patch-failure-w hen-using-non-whole-files-tp701419p7580576.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - - Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure when using non-whole files
Thanks for your comments, but with the single file, the patch is 3 times bigger when including whole files. When you factor in the other patching files from the real case (which all make much smaller binary differences) the final patch is closer to 4 times bigger. Do you not think there's a bug in this somewhere or any better workaround? Regards, Gareth -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Patch-failure-when-using-non-whole-files-tf3778936.html#a10716259 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure when using non-whole files
Gareth at Serif wrote: Do you not think there's a bug in this somewhere or any better workaround? Yes, there's likely a bug. I don't know of a workaround. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure when using non-whole files
So, do you think it's a bug in MsiMsp.exe that I can report to M$ or with the Candle/Light stages prior to it? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Patch-failure-when-using-non-whole-files-tf3778936.html#a10721753 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure when using non-whole files
Gareth at Serif wrote: So, do you think it's a bug in MsiMsp.exe that I can report to M$ or with the Candle/Light stages prior to it? It's not a bug in WiX, AFAIK. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Patch failure when using non-whole files
Hi guys, Here's a puzzle for you to consider. I had a big patching issue for one of my largest packages and have narrowed the issue down to such a degree that I have created an identicle package that merely installs one single file that when patched to it's second version, the MSP creation goes perfectly and the log suggests the same. However, when running the MSP over the first install I get the error: Error applying patch to file C:\Config.msi\PT30.tmp. It has probbaly been updated by other menas, and can no longer be modified by this patch. This is resolved by setting he patch to include whole files, but this makes for a patch far biger than I'd realy like. The file itself is an EXE, built in VisualStudio 2005 with an internal manifest, later VeriSigned for Vista verification and just under 13MB in size. Why can't it be patched by binary difference? I can supply the files/packages if anyone would like a look. Many thanks, Gareth -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Patch-failure-when-using-non-whole-files-tf3778936.html#a10686187 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Patch failure when using non-whole files
Gareth at Serif wrote: The file itself is an EXE, built in VisualStudio 2005 with an internal manifest, later VeriSigned for Vista verification and just under 13MB in size. Why can't it be patched by binary difference? I've run into that before using non-executable data files. The closest I can come to an answer is that the delta patch is so complex that it just gives up. Try making just that file a full-file patch and compare the sizes. In my case, the delta patch was only 10 percent smaller than a full-file patch, which is why I think it's a question of complexity. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
