[wix-users] Question on the copy order of companion files

[Edwin Castro]

Can you post a verbose log somewhere?

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Edwin G. Castro

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 3:07 PM Jerry Chung via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have many assemblies and config files where config files were associated
> with companionFile attribute. When the installer tries to upgrade the
> assemblies on the of prior versions, the copy order for companion files
> doesn't seem to be consistent. As a result of this, some of the config
> files are not copied over.
>
> These are steps I observed for upgrade:
>
>
>   1.  remove existing assemblies and config files
>   2.  copy a new assembly
>   3.  try to copy the assembly's config file, but it is not copied saying
> "Existing file is of an equal version"
>
> Note. if the order of 2 and 3 is switched, it works.
>
> My environment:
>
>   *   Wix Toolset 3.9
>   *   .Net 4.5
>   *   VS Professional 2012 update 5
>   *   Target Host: Windows Server 2016
>
> Any idea on this?
>
> Thanks,
> jerry
>
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