Bugs item #1717526, was opened at 2007-05-11 17:32
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Category: None
Group: v3.0
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Heath Stewart (heaths)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: New WiX patch build can't build 2.0-style patches

Initial Comment:
1. candle fails if the Classification, Manufacturer, etc. properties 
(non-booleans) aren't authored, but the existence of these attribute values 
generate an MsiPatchMetadata table which, in some scenarios, makes Windows 
Installer consider the MSP a 3.0-style patch.

2. patch families may still be interesting with 2.0-style patches because it 
limits potential regression with obsolescence, yet specifying patch families 
forces creation of the MsiPatchSequence table, which in most scenarios 
identifies the patch as a 3.0-style patch.

A potential solution would be to pass in patches to obsolesce like 
//PatchCreation/ReplacePatch and then default to a 2.0-style patch unless 
now-optional attributes (like PatchFamily/@Version) are specified. Or have an 
explicit attribute and throw errors accordingly. 3.0-style patches can specify 
obsolescence in the MSP's Revision Number summary property, but 2.0-style 
patches cannot have either an MsiPatchMetadata table or MsiPatchSequence table.

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