I did lots of work was done in WiX v3.6 to get this scenario fixed to work as you describe at the end. What version of the WiX toolset are you using?
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Abbott, Brian (GE Energy) < brian.abb...@ge.com> wrote: > I'm trying to use wix to build an installer for distributing and setting > up an automated test environment. This is really made up of 3 parts, the > application code (which is installed via its own installer), the test code > which I'm using wix for, and some databases that contain the data used > during test. The Databases are where I run into trouble, I was hoping to > package them up in my installer I've built for the test code but it takes > forever to put them into a cab file, like an hour for the 500Mb of database > files. This is really unacceptable to me because I want to use this as > part of an automated build process - thus began my search for an > optimization. > First I found the -cc and -reusecab options and tried them but because the > test code files are changing with each compile the cab gets rebuilt. > Next I tried using -reusecab but separating out the Database files into a > separate cab, still it gets rebuilt. > > So my question boils down to this: > Should -reusecab regenerate 'all' the cab files if any single one of them > is out of date, or should it be regenerating only the out of date cab files? > Is there a better solution? > > I think ideally if your wix project generates multiple cab files then > -reusecab should check each one individually and only rebuild those that > don't match the current files. > > > Brian Abbott > Software Quality Engineer > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. > Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. > Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
