How does that file get on customers' machines and why didn't the original author have it GAC'd in their distribution of that file? Could it possibly not be intended for use from the GAC? Might that create a security issue?
What if the original installation needs to remove or upgrade that file, and doesn't know about its entry in the GAC? It won't be upgraded, which could then present a separate security risk caused by the now-false believe that applying updates fixed all copies of the bad code. Also, your setup should be regenerated every time any of its inputs change. Otherwise a repair could very well undo your updates performed outside of MSI. -----Original Message----- From: Sajo Jacob [mailto:spja...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 9:11 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] GAC an assembly without embedding it within the MSI I want to GAC an assembly already present on target machines, I know where this assembly is on every machine (you can assume, that path is static for all target machines and wont change) I do not want to include the assembly to be GAC'd in the MSI since it can change with each software deployment and we dont want our setup to be modified each time . I tried using the <File> tag with Assembly =".net" <File Id="Assembly.dll" Name="Assembly.dll" Assembly=".net" Source="Assembly.dll" KeyPath="yes" > </File> but using File embeds my assembly in the MSI. Any ideas on how to just tell the MSI to just look for the assembly in a particular location and not include it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
