I use the `puncture` pattern for deprecating components also. For the CAB
storage issue, I have a custom task in my build automation that reads an XML
file and creates 0 byte files to match the file table entries of the components
being removed. This allows me to build my install without wasting a bunch of
space.
Ben Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,
I have a minor upgrade to my installer package where I would like to remove
some files. I plan on distributing the new MSI and well as a patch for existing
installations. The files in question live alone in their own components.
For the patch to work, I understand that I cannot remove components. What I
have done instead is to set the components containing the files I want to
remove to be Transitive. Then I set the Condition on the component to FALSE, so
that the component will never get installed and it will be removed when the
patch is applied (since I REINSTALL the feature in question).
With these settings, the files should never get installed. So it seems silly to
have them taking up space in the embedded CAB I use to hold my files. What I
have done is created another, external, CAB file (a unique DiskID) and set my
removed components to live there. I would like to distribute the MSI and MSP
without this external CAB file.
I have done initial testing with this scenario and regular installs and patches
work as I expected. My question to the experts is: if I do not distribute the
external CAB file with my package, can I run into problems at some point?
Thanks,
Ben
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