[wix-users] File downgrades in 3rd party components

[Joel Budreau]

No bootstrapper, this particular product is shipping as a single MSI.

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Christopher Painter <chrpai at iswix.com>
wrote:

>
> Do you have a bootstrapper / chainer?  One approach would be to
> compartmentalize those files into a micropackage (MSI)  with AMUS
> versioning rules rather then OMUS rules. I would only do these files are
> completely self contained with zero risk of DLL hell / component rule pain.
>
>
>  Then your main MSI could use OMUS and the bootstrapper can make sure both
> both packages are installed as part of bundle servicing.
>
>
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> Joel Budreau <joel.budreau at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] File downgrades in 3rd party components
>
> The impression that I get is that the solution here is to take the
> downgraded file and change it into a companion-file as a part of a
> different component (in the same directory).
>
> I'd be interested to hear if another solution is better...
>
> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Joel Budreau <joel.budreau at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I've got a product that packages java files directly into my MSI. Once in
> > a while, a java update will introduce a file or two that have downgraded
> in
> > file version from a previous release. This causes those java files to end
> > up missing from the system after running a major upgrade of my product.
> How
> > should this situation be addressed?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Joel
> >
>
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