Switching off MSI validation does not seem quite right, but having build last for 10 hours is not acceptable as well.
I wonder why light.exe takes only 3-8% of CPU and almost no hard drive activity mosst of the time. What it actually does? Brett Kapilik wrote: > > You can try using -sval to supress the MSI validation. That is what eats > up most of the time. But of couse, you miss out on validation... > > However, for doing test builds, that should speed it up. > > - Brett > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> Igor Maslov >> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 2:26 PM >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: [WiX-users] light.exe is very slow. What options is >> safe use to make link faster? >> >> >> Hello, >> >> I have several thousand files in the installation and linking >> stage is very slow. It takes more than an hour per language. >> >> I tried to use -ss option with no effect. Cabinet creation is >> not the reason, since I have the same slow times for >> uncompressed files. >> >> What checks can I switch off safely to make link step faster? >> >> Most of the time CPU usage is very low and file activity also >> low. I'm not sure what it is actually doing. >> >> Thank You, >> Igor >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/light.exe-is-very-slow.-What-options-is- >> safe-use-to-make-link-faster--tf3729189.html#a10438040 >> Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/light.exe-is-very-slow.-What-options-is-safe-use-to-make-link-faster--tf3729189.html#a10438633 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
