Any reason the engine would need to be 64-bit, though? Only Server Core
currently supports 64-bit only, and not much runs on that. 64-bit processes
affect default registry and file system paths, and while MSI and isolated EXEs
(including wusa.exe, since we just invoke that) will work correctly, other
things with Burn may not - like ARP/bundle registration. Fortunately, and
against the MSI team's wishes, I stuck the package dependency stuff in a
reflected/shared key but registry searches would be adversely affected and
setup devs may not realize it.
Heath Stewart
Software Engineer
Visual Studio, Microsoft
http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:13:09 -0500
From: r.sean.h...@gmail.com
To: wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] WIXFEAT4707 - Replace Win64 Attribute
The engine might be 64-bit, but I don't think that should affect how the bundle
works. Things are different for MSI since the package is inherently 32-bit or
64-bit.
Naming is hard. I think Win64 works for Burn, I'd have to think about whether
there's a better name.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@firegiant.com> wrote:
What if we had 64-bit Burn that was affected by –arch switch?
Ultimately, I think I agree with you. Thus my point in #3 where I’m wondering
if there is a better name than “Win64”. Any thoughts on that?
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From: Sean Hall [mailto:r.sean.h...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 2:34 PM
To: WiX toolset developer mailing list
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] WIXFEAT4707 - Replace Win64 Attribute
Looks like there's only ApprovedExeForElevation and util:RegistrySearch in
Burn. These aren't going to be affected by the -arch switch, so it doesn't
make sense to me to have "force" or "always" in the name.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@firegiant.com> wrote:
1. I don’t understand this comment in the WIP:
This attribute will not require the "-arch" switch to function properly.
The –arch switch is most definitely required. It’s handled by default in
MSBuild. It’s very, very important.
2. I’m also not thrilled with
'Always32Bit'
name. I like “always” better than “force” but “32Bit” feels funny. Bob can
you bail us out here?
3. Searches in Burn *may* be different. *Maybe* even in MSI. I don’t remember
if 32-bit MSIs can do 64-bit searches. Anyone else remember?
If searches are different then maybe “Win64” attribute is bad name and we can
come up with a better name for searching hives (that may default to –arch).
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From: Mike Carlson [mailto:m...@firegiant.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 3:38 PM
To: wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-devs] WIXFEAT4707 - Replace Win64 Attribute
I’d like to propose replacing the Win64 attribute with something more intuitive
in WiX v4.0.
Here is the WIP:
http://wixtoolset.org/development/wips/4707-replace-win64-with-intuitive-attribute/
I appreciate feedback.
Thanks,
Mike Carlson
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