[wix-users] IGNOREDEPENDENCIES property?

[Reuss, Matthias]

Thank you for the input.

So in which Windows Installer version was IGNOREDEPENDENCIES introduced? I wonder why I do not find documentation.

Moreover: Shouldn't simple component rules enforces the behaviour that you just described below?

Best regards

Matthias

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Von: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] Im Auftrag von Carter Young
Gesendet: Freitag, 13. November 2015 03:39
An: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
Betreff: Re: [wix-users] IGNOREDEPENDENCIES property?

IIRC:

Consider the following:

 1. You install Software Suite A.
 2. Software Suite A Contains Executable B, and DLL C.
 3. At Install Time B and C are dependencies of A.
 4. You also built Software Suite D, which also uses B and C.

Ignore Dependencies allows me to uninstall A while leaving B and C on the system so that D Continues to Function. This is most commonly used with .NET Framework Versions.  If Suite A requires version 4.5.2 and it isn't installed your installer should install it as a dependency.  In the meantime, I downloaded Game Whizzbang that also requires 4.5.2.  If I unistall Suite A and include the dependency in the Uninstall, I'll unintentionally break Game Whizzbang

Carter

On 11/12/2015 08:40 AM, Reuss, Matthias wrote:
> Hello,
>
> What is the purpose and meaning of the IGNOREDEPENDENCIES msi property, which is e.g. set if I uninstall an MSI package from a bundle? I cannot find that property in Windows Installer documentation.
>
> Best regards
>
> Matthias Reuss
>
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