A proper answer will depend on where you have sequenced RemoveExistingProducts.
A verbose log will tell you what happened. Phil Wilson On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:25 AM, <keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca> wrote: > If a service update (a MajorUpgrade of a service installation) fails for > some reason, and a rollback to the previous version happens, what happens > if the MSI for the rollback cannot be found? Would this leave no files from > the first package in the installation directory? I guess I may have naïvely > thought that the rollback would just use the directory as is. If that's the > case, what caches a copy of MSIs in the system directory so we can use them > in this situation? We'd like to keep a sensibly named version in our own > installer directory on these machines so technicians can do the > installation manually under certain circumstances and to interoperate with > our file transfer mechanism (details of no importances). > > I'm trying to figure out why an install of one of our services had the net > effect of simply deleting the old files but repair (of the seemingly > installed new package) restored the new ones. All I know is accidentally > old versions of the executable and libraries were included in the new MSI. > > Moreover, what is supposed to happen in general in a MajorUpgrade if the > KeyPathed file is of a previous version than the one currently installed? > > I take it in that case any CompanionFiles of that will "come along for the > ride" regardless of what happens, correct? > > Thanks, > > > Keith Douglas > Statistics Canada | 170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 > Statistique Canada | 170, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 > keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca > Telephone | Téléphone 613-951-4405 > Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-1966 > Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and > AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, > analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. > Visit us today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
