[wix-devs] Build and test with Windows on Arm

Mon Oct 3 09:38:58 PDT 2022

Could it be better to explicitly say which version is targeted, instead 
of it trying a new version that might not be compatible?

I see the advantage of allowing this, but IMHO, problems when a new user 
will try a new dotnet version can be hard to diagnose as well. I have no 
experience with dotnet in general, but in C/C++ world, hoping new 
versions of compiler will *just* work is usually a false assumption, 
especially if warnings are enabled.

On 10/3/22 18:29, Sean Hall via wix-devs wrote:
> I think upgrading everything to .NET 6 will just mask the root cause. Test
> projects need to have <RollForward>Major</RollForward> so they can run on
> newer versions even if their target framework isn't available (for example,
> https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix4/blob/ec6b93c7d601db880d0765fe12abb07a5ec2928e/src/api/burn/test/WixToolsetTest.Mba.Core/WixToolsetTest.Mba.Core.csproj#L8
> ).
> 
> On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 1:31 AM Pierrick Bouvier via wix-devs <
> wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
> 
>> Amazing!
>>
>> I'll happily test this when it's available :)
>> I'll reply here to confirm I can build and run tests for Windows on Arm.
>>
>> Pierrick
>>
>> On 10/2/22 02:40, Rob Mensching wrote:
>>> I'm working the change through the integration tests. I missed a path
>> change somewhere.
>>>
>>> I should have it done by the end of the weekend.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier at linaro.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:38 AM
>>> To: Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com>; WiX Toolset Developer Mailing
>> List <wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [wix-devs] Build and test with Windows on Arm
>>>
>>> Hi Rob,
>>>
>>> thanks for your answer.
>>> That would be great to make that upgrade yes, and that seems reasonable,
>> especially for a "new" codebase like wix4.
>>>
>>> Do you need help for testing this, or doing any change? We are willing
>> to help on this.
>>>
>>> Pierrick
>>>
>>> On 10/1/22 11:28, Rob Mensching wrote:
>>>> When WiX v4 started on .NET Core, netcoreapp3.1 was the LTS. That's why
>> all of the .NET Core projects are netcoreapp3.1 (if they cannot be
>> netstandard2.0).
>>>>
>>>> However, I have been considering moving our minimum to .NET 6 since it
>> is the newest LTS and WiX v4 is likely to GA after (hopefully, not much
>> after) .NET Core 3.1 goes out of service.
>>>>
>>>> This is just one more reason to make the move. I'm making the change
>> now.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of
>>>> Pierrick Bouvier via wix-devs
>>>> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 1:36 AM
>>>> To: wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org
>>>> Cc: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier at linaro.org>
>>>> Subject: [wix-devs] Build and test with Windows on Arm
>>>>
>>>> Hello Wix developers,
>>>>
>>>> at Linaro, we are working with Microsoft help enable and test projects
>> for Windows on Arm (https://www.linaro.org/windows-on-arm/). Wix is
>> widely used, and is a project where we are focusing our attention now.
>>>>
>>>> As a first step, I've been trying to build and run tests for Wix4 on
>> this platform (using devbuild.cmd).
>>>>
>>>> I successfully installed dependencies:
>>>> - dotnet 35 sp1
>>>> - dotnet 6 sdk (for all arch)
>>>> - VS components for ASP/Dotnet dev
>>>> - dotnet core (for x86/x64)
>>>>
>>>> The problem is that some tests are trying to run using dotnet core, and
>> on arm64 platform. However, dotnet core 3.1 is not installable for arm64
>> (and probably won't be, as it's reaching end of support in December 2022).
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to deactivate those tests for this platform specifically?
>>>>
>>>> Beyond that, why Wix is supporting all those older Dotnet versions
>> (customers need or codebase need)?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Pierrick
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Error log is:
>>>>
>>>>       CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib ->
>>>>
>> ...\wix\Debug\test\CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib\netcoreapp3.1\CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib.dll
>>>>       You must install or update .NET to run this application.
>>>>
>>>>       App:
>>>>
>> ...\test\CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib\netcoreapp3.1\CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib.dll
>>>>       Architecture: arm64
>>>>       Framework: 'Microsoft.NETCore.App', version '3.1.0' (arm64)
>>>>       .NET location: C:\Program Files\dotnet\
>>>>
>>>>       The following frameworks were found:
>>>>         6.0.9 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
>>>>
>>>>       Learn about framework resolution:
>>>>       https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
>>>>
>>>>       To install missing framework, download:
>>>>
>>>> https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.NETCore.App&f
>>>> ramework_version=3.1.0&arch=arm64&rid=win10-arm64
>>>>
>> C:\work\recipes\wix4\wix4\src\wix\test\CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib\CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib.csproj(28,5):
>>>> error MSB3073: The command "dotnet
>>>> C:\work\recipes\wix4\wix4\build\wix\Debug\test\CompileCoreTes
>>>> tExtensionWixlib\netcoreapp3.1\CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib.dll
>>>> "C:\work\recipes\wix4\wix4\build\wix\obj\CompileCoreTestExtensionWixli
>>>> b\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\ "
>>>> "C:\work\recipes\wix4\wix4\build\wix\TestData\Debu g\example.wixlib"
>>>> "example.wxs"" exited with code -2147450730.
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