README.txt
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Steve Borho
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r10502 | WiX installer source files | ||
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| The files in this folder are used by the thg-winbuild [1] package | ||||
| building architecture to create a Mercurial MSI installer. These files | ||||
| are versioned within the Mercurial source tree because the WXS files | ||||
| must kept up to date with distribution changes within their branch. In | ||||
| other words, the default branch WXS files are expected to diverge from | ||||
| the stable branch WXS files. Storing them within the same repository is | ||||
| the only sane way to keep the the source tree and the installer in sync. | ||||
| The MSI installer builder uses only the mercurial.ini file from the | ||||
| contrib/win32 folder, the contents of which have been historically used | ||||
| to create an InnoSetup based installer. The rest of the files there are | ||||
| ignored. | ||||
| The MSI packages built by thg-winbuild require elevated (admin) | ||||
| privileges to be installed due to the installation of MSVC CRT libraries | ||||
Adrian Buehlmann
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r10503 | under the C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS folder. Thus the InnoSetup installers may | ||
| still be useful to some users. | ||||
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Steve Borho
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| To build your own MSI packages, clone the thg-winbuild [1] repository | ||||
| and follow the README.txt [2] instructions closely. There are fewer | ||||
| prerequisites for a WiX [3] installer than an InnoSetup installer, but | ||||
| they are more specific. | ||||
| Direct questions or comments to Steve Borho <steve@borho.org> | ||||
| [1] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild | ||||
| [2] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild/src/tip/README.txt | ||||
| [3] http://wix.sourceforge.net/ | ||||