I would say so.  I would definitely advocate Method 1.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 2:02 PM
To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assembly updates in the GAC using Major upgrade

Is it this issue?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905238/en-us
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Phil Wilson


On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 6:14 AM, John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> wrote:
> What is the AssemblyVersion as opposed to the AssemblyFileVersion of both 
> assemblies?  Chances are very good that if the AssemblyVersions are the same, 
> then the strong name will also be the same which will cause you problems.
>
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> John Merryweather Cooper
> Build & Install Engineer - ESA
> Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.®
> Shawnee Mission, KS  66227
> Office:  913-341-3434 x791011
> jocoo...@jackhenry.com
> www.jackhenry.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kirannhegde [mailto:kirann.he...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 1:00 AM
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Assembly updates in the GAC using Major upgrade
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am facing a strange problem where an assembly is not upgraded in the GAC 
> after a major upgrade.
> V1.0 of the msi package  contains v1.0.19.0 of the assembly
> V1.1 of the msi package contains v1.0.21.0 of the assembly.
>
> This assembly is sourced using a merge module.
>
> When i execute v1.1 of the msi package on a system which has  v1.0 already 
> installed, the assemby is not updated.
> I see the following  error in the log file:
> *skipping installation of assembly component:
> {C238A087-B494-48A6-B69C-5A95E2FFE56B} since the assembly already 
> exists*
>
> Here are a few things to note:
> -The assembly version of the dll has changed between v1.0 and v1.1. However, 
> the component id has not changed.
> This should not be an issue as  in a test project, i was able to upgrade the 
> assembly in the GAC without modifying the component code, even when the 
> assembly versions have changed.
>
> -The MsiAssemblyName table does not contain the  fileVersion attribute, as 
> required for in-place upgrade of asssemblies.
> This i believe is insignificant here as the "assembly version" itself 
> has changed. This is only required if you want to update an assembly 
> in the GAC without modifying its assembly version
>
> -in v1.1 of the msi package, RemoveExistingProducts is sequenced after 
> InstallFinalize.
>
> -I built my test project using Wix and was able to update the assembly in the 
> GAC by just updating the assembly versions. The same component code was used 
> in both the base as well as the upgraded msi.
>
>
> What could be wrong with my production installer?
> The production installer has merge modules which are very old and are still 
> being built using  Wise.
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Kiran Hegde
>
>
>
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