Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

2011-08-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Aug-11 09:22, Daniel Pratt wrote: > I did not intentionally invoke patching in this process. I'm not aware of any other way for files to be baselined (though I could be wrong). Baseline cache is used to uninstall patches, which doesn't apply to any other type of update. I'd suggest setting

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

2011-08-09 Thread Daniel Pratt
Thanks for the reply, Bob. I did not intentionally invoke patching in this process. I did think it was strange that the source directory appeared to be a patch-related folder on the local system. It may be relevant that: - this installation package uses multiple-instance transforms, and - t

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

2011-08-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Aug-11 16:30, Daniel Pratt wrote: > MSI (s) (24:58) [14:19:27:090]: Source for file > 'fil1A0D420C18871D13362FD2189A753C67' is uncompressed, at > 'C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\E0EBAC857F0FC4949A9EF21E1014B912\10.1.15\'. > InstallFiles: File: Course Demographics Report.rdl, Direc

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

2011-08-08 Thread Daniel Pratt
11 3:20 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and > logic to the contrary > > Thanks for the reply, Phil. > > In this case, REINSTALLMODE=vamus. I started with REINSTALLMODE=vomus, but >

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

2011-08-08 Thread Wilson, Phil
x27;t overwrite a > modified file, and also you didn't say what your REINSTALLMODE string > actually was. > > Phil Wilson > > > -Original Message- > From: Daniel Pratt [mailto:colorblind...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 1:30 PM > To: wix-users@l

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

2011-08-08 Thread Daniel Pratt
dn't say what your REINSTALLMODE string > actually was. > > Phil Wilson > > > -Original Message- > From: Daniel Pratt [mailto:colorblind...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 1:30 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] File is

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

2011-08-08 Thread Wilson, Phil
t say what your REINSTALLMODE string actually was. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Daniel Pratt [mailto:colorblind...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 1:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the

[WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

2011-08-08 Thread Daniel Pratt
When reinstalling the latest version of a particular installation package over an earlier version, some files are not being updated (overwritten) by the installer, despite all evidence and logic to the contrary. This is taken from the log: MSI (s) (24:58) [14:19:27:090]: File: C:\Program Files\..