If you want, you could take that just in case you want to push a smaller fix 
back to WiX v3.9.

It does work.

A better (and probably bigger) fix (one that addresses the second part of the 
bug) still is necessary.

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From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 8:05 PM
To: wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Just opened bug 4609 against v3.9

Is the existing PR from Team FireGiant still good to go? Or should we wait for 
a conclusion to this thread?
On 25-Nov-14 19:18, Rob Mensching wrote:
BVariantSetVariant() isn't bad. Maybe, BVariantAssign()?  I think the important 
trick is to control encryption state, right? Almost want a tri-state enum:

HRESULT BVariantAssign(
  __in BURN_VARIANT* pTarget,
  __in BURN_VARIANT* pSource,
  __in BURN_VARIANT_ENCRYPTION state // unencrypted, encrypted, follow source
  );

...or something like that.


Note2: Now that you mention it, I like it.

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From: Sean Hall [mailto:r.sean.h...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 1:53 PM
To: WiX toolset developer mailing list
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Just opened bug 4609 against v3.9

My original idea was to create a BVariantSetVariant(__in BURN_VARIANT* 
pVariant, __in BURN_VARIANT* pValue), but I scrapped it since it was almost an 
exact copy of BVariantCopy.  Maybe that was the right way to go?  I just wish I 
was right on the first pull request way back when :)

Hmm, I wonder if I introduced that inefficiency in the XML parsing?  Hopefully 
not.

Note2: That's why I didn't submit it in a pull request :)  I find it's much 
easier to talk about code changes when you can actually see it.


On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Rob Mensching 
<r...@firegiant.com<mailto:r...@firegiant.com>> wrote:
Ahh, yes, right. The root issue is that the Source encryption state is rarely 
set "correctly".   I 100% agree that using the target's encryption state is 
weird. I guess what is needed is a "BVariantCopyEx()" (better name's welcome) 
that is what you had originally to specify the final desired encryption state 
(i.e. you were right).

I still stand by my comment though that the variables parsing from XML using 
variant as it does is pretty inefficient. <wink/>


Note: the FireGiant change was the direct fix that was tested to unblock other 
processes happening here.


Note2: The comment "// Encryption here (and decryption later inside 
BVariantCopy) could have been optimized away with breaking change." is going 
look very strange over time. It's much better for comments to explain why 
something was done vs. explaining that something that was not done could have 
been done. The latter will be very confusing (or frustrating) trying to figure 
out what the actual issue is. <smile/>


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