[wix-users] MSI-package not recognised as small update by bundle / MBA

Rob Mensching rob at firegiant.com
Wed Jul 31 08:18:34 PDT 2019


Might only work if you change some part of the version.

_____________________________________________________________
 Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Heiner Violet via wix-users
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 4:03 AM
To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
Cc: Heiner Violet <H.Violet at medidok.de>
Subject: [wix-users] MSI-package not recognised as small update by bundle / MBA

We have a WiX MBA that installs several MSI-Packages.

It seems to me that a bundle / MBA cannot handle small updates of an MSI package (i.e. changing package-code but leaving product-code and -version unchanged).

When our mba installs an update, small update packages are NOT detected by the MBA as a related MSI.
As a consequence the package code is not updated on the system.
As an additional consequence a subsequent repair installation fails with error 1638: Another version of this product is already installed.

When taking the MSI-packages for their own and installing an update with REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus, everything works OK. A subsequent repair-installation with REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=cmuse is successful.

I have searched some time to find more informations about this behavior but didn't find them. So I want to ask, if I am missing something.
Any help will be appreciated.

Best regards, Heiner.


____________________________________________________________________
WiX Toolset Users Mailing List provided by FireGiant http://www.firegiant.com/



More information about the wix-users mailing list