[wix-users] LGHT0369 error with autogenerated GUIDs

[Lucas Lacroix]

Heat invocation:
"%WixToolset%\bin\heat.exe" dir ..\repos\webapi-server-nodejs\build -nologo
-var var.MySource -ag -cg infrastructure_files -dr INSTALLDIR -template
fragment -sreg -sfrag -srd -o components\infrastructure.wxs
Candle invocation:
"%WixToolset%\bin\candle.exe" -nologo components\infrastructure.wxs -arch
x64 -dVersionNumber=1.1.0 -dMySource=..\repos\webapi-server-nodejs\build -o
components\infrastructure.wixobj




On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 2:43 PM Habib Salim <habib at hsalim.com> wrote:

> Ah, sorry, I misunderstood.
> Ive never had that happen.
> What is the syntax of your heat wxs generator?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Lucas Lacroix
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 2:38 PM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] LGHT0369 error with autogenerated GUIDs
>
> Hi Habib,
> I guess I was not clear enough.
>
> "light.exe" is failing with LGHT0369 because there are duplicate GUIDs, so
> there is no MSI file to look at. However, all GUIDs are auto-generated so
> this should be impossible. Here is a part of the output:
> C:\Users\lcharron\DevWorkspace\webapi-build-wix\wix\components\infrastruct
> ure.wxs(1065)
> : error LGHT0369 : Component/@Id='cmp5021D2A6D88ABABE30601A1D1BDFD917' has
> a @Guid value '{80F079A8-9211-557E-82CE-3A7FAD7565DD}' that duplicates
> another component in this package. It is recommended to give each
> component its own unique GUID.
> C:\Users\lcharron\DevWorkspace\webapi-build-wix\wix\components\infrastruct
> ure.wxs(1068)
> : error LGHT0369 : Component/@Id='cmp98441D60B3D437227E2C5B849EE20FF7' has
> a @Guid value '{60901AEA-4D1E-5DB2-BA7F-B83BB2A567B0}' that duplicates
> another component in this package. It is recommended to give each
> component its own unique GUID.
> C:\Users\lcharron\DevWorkspace\webapi-build-wix\wix\components\infrastruct
> ure.wxs(1071)
> : error LGHT0369 : Component/@Id='cmp3F2C0CFBE50F263421D5AB1FB4640A18' has
> a @Guid value '{C337B16E-B4C6-5D0A-8158-B7A32DE352B8}' that duplicates
> another component in this package. It is recommended to give each
> component its own unique GUID.
> C:\Users\lcharron\DevWorkspace\webapi-build-wix\wix\components\infrastruct
> ure.wxs(1074)
> : error LGHT0369 : Component/@Id='cmp48A682FA9D03A90E0523D512A94EC250' has
> a @Guid value '{B8932076-2F1C-5E98-B6AF-288592CA34C6}' that duplicates
> another component in this package. It is recommended to give each
> component its own unique GUID.
>
> The "infrastructure.wxs" file has "*" in the GUID attribute of all
> components.
>
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 2:20 PM Habib Salim <habib at hsalim.com> wrote:
>
> > If you are saying that "*" is duplicated then you needn't worry.
> > If you really want to look at the guids, use orca to look into the MSI.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> > Behalf Of Lucas Lacroix
> > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 1:59 PM
> > To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> > Subject: [wix-users] LGHT0369 error with autogenerated GUIDs
> >
> > Hey All,
> > Pretty new to using WiX 3.11 and still figuring stuff out. I searched
> > the interwebs but could find nothing pointing out how I can diagnose
> > this issue.
> >
> > I have multiple WXS files generated by heat.exe from multiple source
> > directories. I then have a WXS file that pulls them all together and
> > contains the product and package definitions. What I can't figure out
> > is why light.exe is, reportedly, generating the same GUID for files
> > with different source and destination directories.
> >
> > I reviewed the generated WXS and even the WIXOBJ files and the GUID is
> "*"
> > in all cases which, according to the docs, means that light.exe should
> > generate the GUID based on the file's path (and size?). As none of the
> > packages even have files with the same name nor does the error
> > indicate what other component shares the same GUID, I cannot figure
> > out what is going on.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
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> > Lucas Lacroix
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Lucas Lacroix
Computer Scientist
Advanced Technology Division, MEDITECH <http://ehr.meditech.com/>
781-774-2293