Thanks Blair, So you're basically saying a 3rd party software update that includes an updated module from MS could break something? If so, then that only sounds like a problem if we have a long lead time between releases/updates or aren't keeping the dev/build/test machines up to date with the latest windows updates.
Cheers, Sascha On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote: > I forget where it is documented, but here is what happens: > > If you include the policy module(s), then anyone can install a replacement > runtime that claims to be backward compatible with the one you > install/tested against and your program will start using that "newer" one > instead of the one you tested with. Makes it easier for future installations > to "break" your setup (remember DLL-hell, anyone?). > > If you don't include the policy module(s), and you take last year's ATL > security update, and the runtime doesn't get updated somewhere in your > build/delivery system, you break as well. > > Personally I have found that the risks associated with shipping the policy > modules were less than the troubles caused by not shipping it, but others > beg to differ. It is a decision you need to make in consultation with your > QA team, realizing that if you take the policy modules you risk support > costs or even security issues you will have zero control over in the future. > Most QA people I know would argue against the policy modules given that > information. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 2:42 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Microsoft merge modules and policy modules, what to > include? > > Hi, > > Looking over > http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/02/13/building-an-msi-using-wix- > v3-0-that-includes-the-vc-8-0-runtime-merge-modules.aspx > I see the following note: > > <update date="2/11/2009"> Removed references to policy MSMs because > the general recommendation is to not include policy MSMs when > redistributing the VC runtime files. </update> > > We're distributing policy modules with our application (full module > list below) - can anyone point me in the right direction as to where > this "general recommendation" is documented? Or what problems > including or excluding the policy modules may cause or solve? > > As a side note, can anyone confirm if any of the modules I'm including > below are not required on particular operating systems? Specifically > the last four which showed up during a dependency scan on a 3rd party > library we use. We support Windows 2000/XP and later and from peeking > inside the modules I can tell that GDIPlus is not installed on > anything later than Windows 2000 but the others seem to have no such > conditions. > > GDIPlus.msm > VC_User_CRT71_RTL_X86_---.msm > Microsoft_VC80_CRT_x86.msm > policy_8_0_Microsoft_VC80_CRT_x86.msm > Microsoft_VC80_MFC_x86.msm > policy_8_0_Microsoft_VC80_MFC_x86.msm > MSVCRT.MSM > COMCAT.MSM > MFC42.MSM > MSVCIRT.MSM > > > Cheers, > Sascha > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, > Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW > http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, > Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW > http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
