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Re: [WiX-devs] WIXFEAT4707 - Replace Win64 Attribute
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From: Heath S. <he...@ou...> - 2015-03-21 00:41:55
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32-bit MSIs can do 64-bit'y things, but it's documented as not supported. What works currently works only because they didn't prevent it (IIRC, registry keys) but one shouldn't take advantage of this. Heath Stewart Software Engineer Visual Studio, Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths From: bo...@fi... To: wix...@li... Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 23:17:08 +0000 Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] WIXFEAT4707 - Replace Win64 Attribute 64-bit searches are legal (or at least aren’t contraindicated) and work from 32-bit packages. So we need to keep a way to specify that. Naming both is hard… From: Rob Mensching [mailto:ro...@fi...] Sent: Friday, 20 March, 2015 17:22 To: WiX toolset developer mailing list Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] WIXFEAT4707 - Replace Win64 Attribute 1. I don’t understand this comment in the WIP: This attribute will not require the "-arch" switch to function properly. The –arch switch is most definitely required. It’s handled by default in MSBuild. It’s very, very important. 2. I’m also not thrilled with 'Always32Bit' name. I like “always” better than “force” but “32Bit” feels funny. Bob can you bail us out here? 3. Searches in Burn *may* be different. *Maybe* even in MSI. I don’t remember if 32-bit MSIs can do 64-bit searches. Anyone else remember? If searches are different then maybe “Win64” attribute is bad name and we can come up with a better name for searching hives (that may default to –arch). _______________________________________________________________ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ From: Mike Carlson [mailto:mi...@fi...] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 3:38 PM To: wix...@li... Subject: [WiX-devs] WIXFEAT4707 - Replace Win64 Attribute I’d like to propose replacing the Win64 attribute with something more intuitive in WiX v4.0. Here is the WIP: http://wixtoolset.org/development/wips/4707-replace-win64-with-intuitive-attribute/ I appreciate feedback. Thanks, Mike Carlson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list WiX...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs |