Please do open a feature request so we don't lose this good idea. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Ondrej Zarevucky <ondrej.zarevu...@fine.cz>wrote:
> Thank you. > > I was able to do partial build until it needed DIFxApp.dll. Luckily the > Light.exe and all the required libraries got built. > > The customized Light.exe took about half the time on clean build and it > was about 10% faster on rebuilds (-cc and -reusecab switches were used > in regular light.exe). > > Based on these numbers and hassle required to build WiX I've decided to > throw away my hackish solution, because I'm not able to support it in > the long run... :-( > > I will be happy, if you decide to add "Skip External Cabinet creation" > switch, but until then I'm going to use mszip compression and use only > the resulting MSI files. > > Ondřej Zarevúcky > > On 27.1.2010 16:26, Rob Mensching wrote: > > Compiling the WiX toolset needs an interesting combination of the correct > > Windows SDK and Visual C++. Notes from the make.bat: > > > > :: In order to fully build WiX, you must have the following Frameworks > and > > :: SDKs installed: > > :: * NAnt version 0.86 beta nightly (2008-02-10-0.86 or later) > > :: * .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 > > :: * Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 > > :: * Visual C++ 2008 Express or any edition of Visual Studio 2008 with > > :: Visual C++ default libraries installed > > :: * HTML Help SDK 1.4 or higher > > > > > > 2010/1/27 Ondrej Zarevucky<ondrej.zarevu...@fine.cz> > > > > > >> Yes, I've been using -cc and -reusecab switches for months and it has > >> been great timesaver ;-) > >> > >> I've just found out, that using MSZIP compression is better then using > >> no compression. Mszip compresses the CAB file to half the size and still > >> the main bottleneck is the disk drive, so it is faster! then using no > >> compression (there is less written data). On the second run, when > >> cabcache is used, only half the data is moved around and it is again > >> faster. ;-) > >> > >> I've also tried using LOW compression, but the CPU was slowing down the > >> disk drive and there was no significant compression gain over the MSZIP > >> method. > >> > >> If anybody has a better solution, I'm welcome to hear it :) > >> > >> BTW: I had no luck compiling WiX on my own - I have some weird problem > >> (version incompatibility) with mspdb80.dll (I'm using Visual C++ 2008 > >> Express and Visual C# 2008 Express) > >> > >> Thank you > >> Ondřej Zarevúcky > >> > >> On 26.1.2010 15:44, Pally Sandher wrote: > >> > >>> Have you tried using the -cc and -reusecab switches with light.exe? > >>> > >>> Palbinder Sandher > >>> Software Deployment& IT Administrator > >>> T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > >>> F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > >>> > >>> http://www.iesve.com > >>> **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the<Virtual Environment>** > >>> Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > >>> > >> SC151456 > >> > >>> Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, > >>> > >> Glasgow G20 0SP > >> > >>> Email Disclaimer > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Ondrej Zarevucky [mailto:ondrej.zarevu...@fine.cz] > >>> Sent: 26 January 2010 14:30 > >>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Light: Skip cabinet creation > >>> > >>> Thank you Blair for such quick answer. > >>> > >>> We are packaging manually beacuse we are reusing CAB files for more MSI > >>> > >> packages. Some of these packages do not reference all the files in each > of > >> the shared CAB files and it would be hard to select which CAB to use. > >> > >>> Example layout: > >>> ProgramOne.msi: > >>> - ProgramOne.cab > >>> - SharedLibs.cab > >>> ProgramTwo.msi > >>> - ProgramTwo.cab > >>> - SharedLibs.cab (same) > >>> ... + more programs each using SharedLibs.cab > >>> > >>> Using manually packaged shared cabinets for shared libraries allows us > to > >>> > >> deliver our users smaller updates as the shared libraries are downloaded > >> only once for all the programs. Because we already have the packaging > code > >> written we are also manually packaging the program cabinets using the > same > >> code. > >> > >>> Because of this we don't need Light to create the Cabinet files, just > the > >>> > >> MSI file with properly generated Media and File tables. As far as I know > >> Windows Installer find files in cabinets using their IDs and I didn't > find > >> any problems with cabinets files having more files then referenced in > the > >> MSI database. > >> > >>> I've located one single line of source code, which when commented out > >>> > >> would disable adding files to cabinets, but it would require me to > recompile > >> thw whole WiX package... Not an easy job to do :( (Empty cabinet files > are > >> much better then hundreds of MBs of uncompressed data copied on each > >> Installation build) > >> > >>> (from 3.0.5419 source) > >>> CabinetBuilder.cs:164: cab.AddFile(fileRow.Source, fileRow.File); > >>> > >>> Ondřej Zarevúcky > >>> > >>> On 26.1.2010 14:52, Blair wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> One way is to turn off all compression in your authoring, and then > >>>> > >> update the Media table after you create the cabinets, but you noticed > that > >> that results in the files still being laid out (copied). > >> > >>>> You could (somehow) pre-calculate the final cabinet file order and > place > >>>> > >> the cab files in their "smart-cabbing" locations. If the cabinet file > >> contents aren't different they won't be recabbed. > >> > >>>> I don't know what you are gaining by packaging the files "manually" > >>>> > >> yourself using CABARC, however, since the exact same cabinet creation > code > >> is used by light.exe as cabarc.exe uses to create cabinet files. > >> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Ondrej Zarevucky [mailto:ondrej.zarevu...@fine.cz] > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:12 AM > >>>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >>>> Subject: [WiX-users] Light: Skip cabinet creation > >>>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> I have a bit weird question/feature request: > >>>> - Is there a way, how to skip cabinet creation? I would like Light to > >>>> create only the MSI package. > >>>> > >>>> We are packaging all the files manually using CABARC from "Microsoft > >>>> Cabinet Software Development Kit" and it takes unnecessary time and > >>>> disk space to package the cabinet files in Light once more. Even when > >>>> using Cabinet cache and setting no compression in our<Media ... /> > >>>> elemenets it takes time to copy all the data around our disks. > >>>> > >>>> Thank you for any answer > >>>> Ondřej Zarevúcky > >>>> > >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> -------- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, > >>>> colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best > >>>> network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services > >>>> without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience > >>>> hosting pros just a phone call away. > >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> WiX-users mailing list > >>>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> -------- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, > >>>> colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best > >>>> network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services > >>>> without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience > >>>> hosting pros just a phone call away. > >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> WiX-users mailing list > >>>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >>> The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay > >>> > >> online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > >> Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term > contracts > >> Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call > away. > >> > >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> WiX-users mailing list > >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >>> The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > >>> Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > >>> > >> business > >> > >>> Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term > contracts > >>> Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call > >>> > >> away. > >> > >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> WiX-users mailing list > >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > >> Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > >> business > >> Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term > contracts > >> Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call > away. > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WiX-users mailing list > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
