Marking the component as permanent didn't' work at all. I wrongly assumed that patch uninstall is a form of uninstall so it won't uninstall a permanent file.
Instead, it is a reinstall and it overwrites higher version files with lower version from baseline cache. Also, I am not sure how will REINSTALLMODE affect this behavior. I never set it so it is presumably default omus. What REINSTALLMODE options would produce desired result: file version increments as patches get applied but does not drop when patches get uninstalled? IOW, the latest and greatest version ever installed always remains on the machine. Clearly, making component permanent will do this in install/uninstall scenario but can the same be done when applying/removing patches? I never see REINSTALLMODE value listed in patch application or patch removal verbose logs. At most I find "REINSTALLMODE specifies all files to be overwritten" for each file in patch removal log. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patch uninstall requires the original base MSI andIdon't know why Tony Juricic wrote: > DLL is supposed to always increase in version so it can be patched up > but it should never revert to previous version during patch uninstall. Whether that's true depends on your original product's REINSTALLMODE property. > I > assume that just marking the file component as Permanent would do this > for me? > At the cost of leaving the component behind after an uninstall. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ TradeStation Group, Inc. is a publicly-traded holding company (NASDAQ GS: TRAD) of three operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC and NFA), TradeStation Technologies, Inc., a trading software and subscription company, and TradeStation Europe Limited, a United Kingdom, FSA-authorized introducing brokerage firm. None of these companies provides trading or investment advice, recommendations or endorsements of any kind. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
