[wix-users] Neither repairing the main bundle nor the patch bundle can repair a file not altered by a patch

[Bob Arnson]

Logs. The answers to all of life's questions can be found in the right logs. Start with the bundle log to see which packages and bundles were repaired then go to the package logs to see which packages were repaired and how they repaired themselves.

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Gustafson
Sent: Friday, 14 October, 2016 14:47
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: [wix-users] Neither repairing the main bundle nor the patch bundle can repair a file not altered by a patch

Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Has anyone experienced this or reported it as a bug that I wasn't able to find?

Steps to Reproduce:
Create a base1 project which installs two files "test1" and "control1"
Create a base2 project which installs two files "test2" and "control2"
Bundle the base project using Burn
Create an msp which updates the "test1" file but not the "control1" file Bundle the patch  in a RelatedBundle

Install the base bundle
Install the patch bundle
Delete the "test1", "test2", "control1" and "control2" files

Actual Behaviour:
Run repair on the base bundle and note that "test2", "control1", and "control2" files are all regenerated but "test1" file is not Also tried repairing the patch bundle but "test1" is still not regenerated

Expected Behaviour:
All files should be regenerated
Note that if you had set your base msi to visible you can try repairing the base1 project directly and will find both "test1" and "control1" files are properly restored as expected

What I think is happening:
I believe that repairing the base bundle:

1.       sees base1 as version 1.1 and doesn't have a baseline for that version so it does nothing

2.       sees base2 as version 1.0 and happily repairs it restoring "test2" and "control2"

3.       sees there is a patch to be applied and repairs it, restoring "control1"

Tyler

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