There is the FileVersion way to do an in-place update of a GAC assembly. Last bullet here:
 
 
and an AssemblyFileVersion spec is the way you update the file version of the assembly without changing assembly version. File version defaults to assembly version in the absence of AssemblyFileVersion.

Phil Wilson


From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 8:20 PM
To: Frank Tse
Cc: 'Mike Dimmick'; Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to enforce assembly to be gac'd even when thereisalready a copy in the gac

Frank Tse wrote:

I am wondering if setup should fail in the first place when it cannot put the DLL in GAC.  i.e. Netfx extension that puts DLL in GAC should fail when it cannot put DLL in GAC.


MSI installs assemblies to the GAC by handing it off to the Fusion engine. Fusion undoubtedly relies on the strong name to be accurate. There doesn't appear to be any way to force Fusion to re-GAC an assembly it thinks is already in there.


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