Apparently this is an ssue with the way I am building a 'debug' build. I set
aside my test msi, and just focused on repeating the wix build process
several times and checking the output folder. After making changes to
RestartManager.cpp or rmutil.cpp, whether I build wix.proj or ext.proj
(command line call to MSBuild) the wixca.dll in the debug output folder is
updated, but the WixUtilExtension.dll (which contains an embedded wixca.dll
AIUI, does not get updated. Here are snippets form one build log.
Compiled a new wixca.dll after changes to RestartManager.cpp. New wixca.dll
in the output folder.
Write Tracking Logs:
C:\Development\Installs\wix-dev\wix3\build\obj\debug\x86\wixca\wixca.tlog\link.write.1.tlog
Read Tracking Logs:
C:\Development\Installs\wix-dev\wix3\build\obj\debug\x86\wixca\wixca.tlog\link.read.1.tlog
Outputs for
C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\CACLEANUP.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\CHECKREBOOT.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\CLOSEAPPS.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\EXITEARLYWITHSUCCESS.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\NETSHORTCUTS.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\OSINFO.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\PRECOMP.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\QTEXECCA.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\REMOVEFOLDERSEX.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\RESTARTMANAGER.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\SECUREOBJ.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\SERVICECONFIG.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DE
BUG\X86\WIXCA\SHELLEXECCA.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\TEST.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\WIXCA.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\WIXCA.RES|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\XMLCONFIG.OBJ|C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\OBJ\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA\XMLFILE.OBJ:
C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA.ILK
C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA.DLL
C:\DEVELOPMENT\INSTALLS\WIX-DEV\WIX3\BUILD\DEBUG\X86\WIXCA.PDB
All outputs are up-to-date.
Done executing task "Link".
Task "Message"
Task Parameter:Text=wixca.vcxproj ->
C:\Development\Installs\wix-dev\wix3\build\debug\x86\wixca.dll
Task Parameter:Importance=High
wixca.vcxproj ->
C:\Development\Installs\wix-dev\wix3\build\debug\x86\wixca.dll
Done executing task "Message".
Done building target "Link" in project
"wixca.vcxproj".
from same log as above, UtilExtension is NOT updated in the output folder
(so it would still have an old version of wixca.dll)
Target "_GroupProjectReferencesByParallelization" in file
"C:\Development\Installs\wix-dev\wix3\tools\Traversal.targets":
Done building target "_GroupProjectReferencesByParallelization" in
project "util.proj".
Target "Build" in file
"C:\Development\Installs\wix-dev\wix3\tools\Traversal.targets":
Task "MSBuild"
Task Parameter:BuildInParallel=False
Done executing task "MSBuild".
Task "MSBuild"
Task Parameter:
Projects=
wixext\WixUtilExtension.csproj
BuildInParallel=true
wixlib\UtilExtension.wixproj
BuildInParallel=true
Task Parameter:BuildInParallel=True
__________________________________________________
Project
"C:\Development\Installs\wix-dev\wix3\src\ext\UtilExtension\util.proj" is
building
"C:\Development\Installs\wix-dev\wix3\src\ext\UtilExtension\wixext\WixUtilExtension.csproj"
(default targets):
Building with tools version "12.0".
Target "PackageRestore" skipped. Previously built successfully.
Target "_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform" skipped.
Previously built successfully.
Target "CheckRequiredProperties" skipped. Previously built
successfully.
Target "Build" skipped. Previously built successfully.
Done building project "WixUtilExtension.csproj".
__________________________________________________
Project
"C:\Development\Installs\wix-dev\wix3\src\ext\UtilExtension\util.proj" is
building
"C:\Development\Installs\wix-dev\wix3\src\ext\UtilExtension\wixlib\UtilExtension.wixproj"
(default targets):
Building with tools version "12.0".
Target "PackageRestore" skipped. Previously built successfully.
Target "_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform" skipped.
Previously built successfully.
Target "_CheckRequiredProperties" skipped. Previously built
successfully.
Target "CheckRequiredProperties" skipped. Previously built
successfully.
Target "Build" skipped. Previously built successfully.
Done building project "UtilExtension.wixproj".
Done executing task "MSBuild".
Done building target "Build" in project "util.proj".
By deleting (or renaming) the output folders, I got both wixca.dll and
WixUtilExtension.dll to be updated, but I am still interested in how to
reliably build a debug build of wix.
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