I've determined that this cannot be it, as I tried it on a machine and found that the file was missing without doing any reboots. Thanks for the thought, though, Scott.
Keith Douglas Statistics Canada | 170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 Statistique Canada | 170, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 613-951-4405 Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-1966 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -----Original Message----- From: Scott Palmer [mailto:swpal...@gmail.com] Sent: January-29-14 6:40 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Imperfect install leading to repair. if the install was a major upgrade and that file was in-use during the uninstall then it may get deleted on reboot. That happens a lot because MSI is too stupid to check if fire that it might install are already scheduled to be deleted on reboot. So the new file gets installed and then deleted. Scott On Jan 29, 2014 4:56 PM, <keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just released a new MSI for an upgraded version of one of our in > house applications. This is about the 16th iteration (we've been in > testing for most of this, so each new one is a full package with a > MajorUpgrade) and all the rest have been successful, until today. One file > did not install. > If the new MSI is pointed to with Repair, the missing file of our > application is installed as it should. Orca shows the file (I checked > to ensure I'm not relying on it being already in the file system or the like). > This file has not changed between versions. Only the executable and > one library changed in this iteration (which is also typical; the > other libraries, including the missing one, are more stable and don't > change between versions as much). > > I've tried to look at the last install log, which we fortunately have, > and the one with the problem, and I cannot see any relevant > difference. There is no reference to installing the file, which I > guess is expected if it got removed as the upgrade happened, but the > question is why. The files are byte-by-byte the same, same date, same version. > > I'll pull the two install logs later if someone wants to see all of > the ~260k for either ... but before I put those up I'll look for > anything that someone might think relevant. > > The only other time I've seen this behaviour happen is if one manually > replaced a file installed previously. Is there a way to see if that > was the case? I'll investigate this possibility a bit more on my own too. > > > > > Keith Douglas > Statistics Canada | 170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 > Statistique Canada | 170, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A > 0T6 keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 613-951-4405 > Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-1966 Government of Canada | > Gouvernement du Canada > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into > actionable security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual > feedback on key security issues and trends. Skip the complicated > setup - simply import a virtual appliance and go from zero to informed > in seconds. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=123612991&iu=/4140/ostg. > clktrk _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into actionable security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual feedback on key security issues and trends. Skip the complicated setup - simply import a virtual appliance and go from zero to informed in seconds. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=123612991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into actionable security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual feedback on key security issues and trends. Skip the complicated setup - simply import a virtual appliance and go from zero to informed in seconds. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=123612991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
