Are you still having the same problem with recent builds? A month or two ago
changes were made to fix a couple of issues with delta patching.
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Tony Juricic <tjuri...@tradestation.com>wrote:
> Ok, that makes sense. However, I can't get it to work either way. The
> problem is not in changing just the 4th version number either. I created
> a simple C# console executable that has one line of code:
>
> Console.Writeln("This is version 1.0.0.0");
>
> and assembly info AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")] and
> AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")].
>
> I build WiX test project referencing this program with -bf -xo linker
> options.
>
> The output is WixTest1.msi but it is not msi file since it can't be
> opened with Orca. Is it wixpdb or wixout? Torch doesn't like wixpdb
> extension (error TRCH0048) but accepts wixout.
>
> I then update console program by changing all the strings 1.0.0.0 above
> to 1.0.1.0, then rebuild exe and WiX project, changing also Product
> element, Version attribute to 1.0.1.0. This gives me the second wixout
> file for input to torch and I get 31 KB large Diff.wixmst.
>
> When I run Pyro it comes with PYRO0252 error meaning that it can't find
> any transform.
>
> Torch and Pyro invoking batch files content is the following:
>
> "%WIX%bin\torch.exe" -p -xi -v -val g -val l -val r -val z
> Version1000\WiXTest1000.wixout Version1010\WiXTest1010.wixout -out
> Patch\Diff.Wixmst
>
> "%WIX%bin\candle.exe" Patch.wxs
> "%WIX%bin\light.exe" Patch.wixobj -out Patch\Patch.WixMsp
> REM "%WIX%bin\pyro.exe" -delta Patch\Patch.WixMsp -out Patch\Patch.msp
> -t RTM Patch\Diff.wixmst
> "%WIX%bin\pyro.exe" Patch\Patch.WixMsp -out Patch\Patch.msp -t RTM
> Patch\Diff.wixmst
>
> Note above REMarked -delta option.
>
> Patch.wxs content is:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>
> <Patch AllowRemoval="yes" Classification="Update" Codepage="1252"
> ClientPatchId="WiXTest1" Id="*" DisplayName="WiXTest1 Update"
> Manufacturer="WiXTest1" MoreInfoURL="http://www.WiXTest1.com";
> Description="Minor Update Patch" TargetProductName="WixTest1">
> <Media Id="1000" Cabinet="Patch.cab" EmbedCab="yes"
> Source="FIRSTPATCH_PROP">
> <PatchBaseline Id="RTM"/>
> </Media>
> <PatchFamilyRef Id="WiXTest1_PatchFamily" />
> </Patch>
>
>
> <Fragment>
> <PatchFamily Id="WiXTest1_PatchFamily" Version="1.0.0"
> Supersede="no">
> <ComponentRef Id="CONSOLEAPPLICATION1.EXE" />
> </PatchFamily>
> </Fragment>
>
> </Wix>
>
> Obviously, I am doing something horribly wrong in my adaptation of Peter
> Marcu's blog example or there is a nasty bug somewhere in there.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blair Murri [mailto:bmu...@microsoft.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 1:56 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] New wix binary delta patching doesn't work
>
> The "-delta" switch of pyro builds on top of the whole-file patch
> support in pyro, so if that isn't working, the delta addition won't do
> anything to help you.
>
> If you get pyro to build a whole file patch that updates your binaries,
> then add the -delta switch and test the results.
>
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