Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster.

2009-05-12 Thread Brian Rogers
inal Message- > From: Mahmoud Hamad [mailto:m.n.ha...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 3:41 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster. > > > Hi Mike, > > > > I have about 10,000 files and it appears they

Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster.

2009-05-12 Thread Mike Carlson (DEV DIV)
: Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster. Mahmoud Hamad wrote: > I have about 10,000 files and it appears they are all but in the same cab. > http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/03/29/wix-performance-tip-use-multiple-cabinets/ -- sig://boB http://joyofset

Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster.

2009-05-11 Thread Bob Arnson
Mahmoud Hamad wrote: > I have about 10,000 files and it appears they are all but in the same cab. > http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/03/29/wix-performance-tip-use-multiple-cabinets/ -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster.

2009-05-11 Thread Mike Carlson (DEV DIV)
ourceforge.net > Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:07:14 -0700 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster. > > Naturally it will take a long time to compress 5GB of data, so you will have > to expect that to take a while no matter what. If the files don't change > often,

Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster.

2009-05-11 Thread Mahmoud Hamad
: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:07:14 -0700 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster. > > Naturally it will take a long time to compress 5GB of data, so you will have > to expect that to take a while no matter what. If the files don't change > often, one way to cut down on t

Re: [WiX-users] Make light.exe run faster.

2009-05-11 Thread Mike Carlson (DEV DIV)
Naturally it will take a long time to compress 5GB of data, so you will have to expect that to take a while no matter what. If the files don't change often, one way to cut down on the build time might be to use light's "-cc" switch, to cache the CABs between builds. Just in case, I have to ask