Phill's comment was incorrect, the provider key will be generated for you automatically if you don't specify it.
This behavior is a bug that I'm currently working on: http://wixtoolset.org/issues/4630/ On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 7:06 PM, Edwin Castro <egca...@gmail.com> wrote: > The remarks at > > http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/dependency/providerkey.html > say > > This provider key is designed to persist throughout compatible upgrades so > that dependent bundles do not have to be reinstalled and *will not prevent > your product from being upgraded*. If this attribute is not authored, the > value is the automatically-generated bundle ID and *will not automatically > support upgrades*. > > This sounds like I was not getting some kind of automatic upgrade support > because we had not defined ProviderKey. Is this automatic upgrade support > described anywhere? What happens when I define it in version Y and try to > upgrade version X where version Y > version X and ProviderKey was not > defined for version X? > > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Phill Hogland <phogl...@rimage.com> > wrote: > > > >>So it looks like the bootstrapper is not passing BUNDLEPROVIDERKEY to > the > > MSI at all. > > > > You need to define Bundle/@ProviderKey, here > > <http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/bundle.html> . > I > > set it to a GUID (and like UpgradeCode I do not change the > > Bundle/@ProviderKey between builds (or releases) of my setups). > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Predicting-Bootstrapper-Cache-Location-tp7599709p7599730.html > > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, > > sponsored > > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub > for > > all > > things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership > blogs > > to > > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the > > conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > -- > Edwin G. Castro > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for > all > things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs > to > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the > conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
