Re: [WiX-users] Removing files from components

[Christopher P. <ch...@ya...>]

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 <be...@ca...> 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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