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wix: more robust normalization of RC version components MSI has strict version requirements where the format is `A.B.C[.D]` and all fields must be numeric (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/productversion?redirectedfrom=MSDN). Only the first 3 are used by the installer itself. Mercurial's version strings can have `rcN` and an optional `+<commit>-<date>` fragment at the end. This commit teaches the MSI version normalization to handle both of these more robustly. Before, we would throw away the `.rcN` component completely. e.g. `5.3rc1` would get normalized to `5.3.0`. And worse, `5.3rc0+5-abcdef` would get normalized to `5.3.5`. After this commit, presence of an `.rcN` provides the value for a 4th field. e.g. `5.3rc1` -> `5.3.0.1`. In addition, the commit count from the `+` suffix gets normalized into the 4th version component, but only if the original version string didn't have a 4th version component or if no `rcN` is present. e.g. `5.3+5-abcdef` is `5.3.0.5`. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D8003
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Requirements

Building the Inno installer requires a Windows machine.

The following system dependencies must be installed:

Building

The packaging.py script automates the process of producing an Inno installer. It manages fetching and configuring the non-system dependencies (such as py2exe, gettext, and various Python packages).

The script requires an activated Visual C++ 2008 command prompt. A shortcut to such a prompt was installed with Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7. From your Start Menu, look for Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler Package for Python 2.7 then launch either Visual C++ 2008 32-bit Command Prompt or Visual C++ 2008 64-bit Command Prompt.

From the prompt, change to the Mercurial source directory. e.g. cd c:\src\hg.

Next, invoke packaging.py to produce an Inno installer. You will need to supply the path to the Python interpreter to use.:

$ python3.exe contrib\packaging\packaging.py \
    inno --python c:\python27\python.exe

Note

The script validates that the Visual C++ environment is active and that the architecture of the specified Python interpreter matches the Visual C++ environment and errors if not.

If everything runs as intended, dependencies will be fetched and configured into the build sub-directory, Mercurial will be built, and an installer placed in the dist sub-directory. The final line of output should print the name of the generated installer.

Additional options may be configured. Run packaging.py inno --help to see a list of program flags.

MinGW

It is theoretically possible to generate an installer that uses MinGW. This isn't well tested and packaging.py and may properly support it. See old versions of this file in version control for potentially useful hints as to how to achieve this.