[wix-users] A circular reference of ordering dependencies was detected

[Edwin Castro]

I'm trying to understand why there's a circular reference between PayloadA
and PayloadB in my example source below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
  <Bundle Name="Bootstrapper1" Version="1.0.0.0"
Manufacturer="Manufacturer"
UpgradeCode="22b20cf0-2de5-4a3d-95f4-0337e7f84846">
    <Chain>
      <PackageGroupRef Id="PackageA"/>
      <PackageGroupRef Id="PackageB"/>
    </Chain>
  </Bundle>
  <Fragment>
    <PayloadGroup Id="PayloadA">
      <Payload Id="PayloadA" SourceFile="PayloadA.txt"/>
    </PayloadGroup>
  </Fragment>
  <Fragment>
    <PayloadGroup Id="PayloadB">
      <Payload Id="PayloadB" SourceFile="PayloadB.txt"/>
    </PayloadGroup>
  </Fragment>
  <Fragment>
    <PackageGroup Id="PackageA">
      <ExePackage Id="PackageA" SourceFile="PackageA.exe">
        <PayloadGroupRef Id="PayloadA"/>
        <PayloadGroupRef Id="PayloadB"/>
      </ExePackage>
    </PackageGroup>
  </Fragment>
  <Fragment>
    <PackageGroup Id="PackageB">
      <ExePackage Id="PackageB" SourceFile="PackageB.exe">
        <PayloadGroupRef Id="PayloadA"/>
        <PayloadGroupRef Id="PayloadB"/>
      </ExePackage>
    </PackageGroup>
  </Fragment>
</Wix>

The way I'm reading this I see that PackageA depends on PayloadA and
PayloadB. Likewise PackageB depends on PayloadA and PayloadB.

PayloadA certainly does not directly depend on PayloadB and I don't
understand how PayloadB could possibly depend on PayloadA with the given
source above.

This smells like a bug to me. Is this a bug?

--
Edwin G. Castro


On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm getting an odd "circular reference of ordering dependencies" error
> that I don't understand.
>
> First, the actual error:
>
> ------ Rebuild All started: Project: Bootstrapper1, Configuration: Debug
> x86 ------
> C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.9\bin\candle.exe -dDebug
> -d"DevEnvDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 11.0\Common7\IDE\\" -d"SolutionDir=c:\users\ecastro\documents\visual studio
> 2012\Projects\Bootstrapper1\\" -dSolutionExt=.sln
> -dSolutionFileName=Bootstrapper1.sln -dSolutionName=Bootstrapper1
> -d"SolutionPath=c:\users\ecastro\documents\visual studio
> 2012\Projects\Bootstrapper1\Bootstrapper1.sln" -dConfiguration=Debug
> -dOutDir=bin\Debug\ -dPlatform=x86
> -d"ProjectDir=c:\users\ecastro\documents\visual studio
> 2012\Projects\Bootstrapper1\\" -dProjectExt=.wixproj
> -dProjectFileName=Bootstrapper1.wixproj -dProjectName=Bootstrapper1
> -d"ProjectPath=c:\users\ecastro\documents\visual studio
> 2012\Projects\Bootstrapper1\Bootstrapper1.wixproj"
> -d"TargetDir=c:\users\ecastro\documents\visual studio
> 2012\Projects\Bootstrapper1\bin\Debug\\" -dTargetExt=.exe
> -dTargetFileName=Bootstrapper1.exe -dTargetName=Bootstrapper1
> -d"TargetPath=c:\users\ecastro\documents\visual studio
> 2012\Projects\Bootstrapper1\bin\Debug\Bootstrapper1.exe" -out obj\Debug\
> -arch x86 -ext "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset
> v3.9\bin\\WixBalExtension.dll" Bundle.wxs
> Windows Installer XML Toolset Compiler version 3.9.1208.0
> Copyright (c) Outercurve Foundation. All rights reserved.
> Bundle.wxs
> C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.9\bin\Light.exe -out
> "c:\users\ecastro\documents\visual studio
> 2012\Projects\Bootstrapper1\bin\Debug\Bootstrapper1.exe" -pdbout
> "c:\users\ecastro\documents\visual studio
> 2012\Projects\Bootstrapper1\bin\Debug\Bootstrapper1.wixpdb" -ext
> "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.9\bin\\WixBalExtension.dll"
> -contentsfile obj\Debug\Bootstrapper1.wixproj.BindContentsFileList.txt
> -outputsfile obj\Debug\Bootstrapper1.wixproj.BindOutputsFileList.txt
> -builtoutputsfile
> obj\Debug\Bootstrapper1.wixproj.BindBuiltOutputsFileList.txt
> -wixprojectfile "c:\users\ecastro\documents\visual studio
> 2012\Projects\Bootstrapper1\Bootstrapper1.wixproj" obj\Debug\Bundle.wixobj
> Windows Installer XML Toolset Linker version 3.9.1208.0
> Copyright (c) Outercurve Foundation. All rights reserved.
> c:\users\ecastro\documents\visual studio
> 2012\Projects\Bootstrapper1\Bundle.wxs(18,0): error LGHT0343: A circular
> reference of ordering dependencies was detected. The infinite loop
> includes: Payload:PayloadA -> Payload:PayloadB -> Payload:PayloadA.
> Ordering dependency references must form a directed acyclic graph.
> Done building project "Bootstrapper1.wixproj" -- FAILED.
>
>
> And now Bundle.wxs:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
>   <Bundle Name="Bootstrapper1" Version="1.0.0.0"
> Manufacturer="Manufacturer"
> UpgradeCode="22b20cf0-2de5-4a3d-95f4-0337e7f84846">
>     <Chain>
>       <PackageGroupRef Id="PackageA"/>
>       <PackageGroupRef Id="PackageB"/>
>     </Chain>
>   </Bundle>
>   <Fragment>
>     <PayloadGroup Id="PayloadA">
>       <Payload Id="PayloadA" SourceFile="PayloadA.txt"/>
>     </PayloadGroup>
>   </Fragment>
>   <Fragment>
>     <PayloadGroup Id="PayloadB">
>       <Payload Id="PayloadB" SourceFile="PayloadB.txt"/>
>     </PayloadGroup>
>   </Fragment>
>   <Fragment>
>     <PackageGroup Id="PackageA">
>       <ExePackage Id="PackageA" SourceFile="PackageA.exe">
>         <PayloadGroupRef Id="PayloadA"/>
>         <PayloadGroupRef Id="PayloadB"/>
>       </ExePackage>
>     </PackageGroup>
>   </Fragment>
>   <Fragment>
>     <PackageGroup Id="PackageB">
>       <ExePackage Id="PackageB" SourceFile="PackageB.exe">
>         <PayloadGroupRef Id="PayloadA"/>
>         <PayloadGroupRef Id="PayloadB"/>
>       </ExePackage>
>     </PackageGroup>
>   </Fragment>
> </Wix>
>
> I don't see where the cyclic reference occurs. What am I doing wrong here?
>
>
> --
> Edwin G. Castro
>
>