On 26.02.2010 10:54, Adrian Buehlmann wrote:
>>
>> Also, what you call a "functional msi" might work on your system with
>> your specific version of the windows installer. Someone using another
>> version of the windows installer might get another result or the
>> installation won't work at all.
>
> We will ship exactly that in TortoiseHg 1.0, in a couple of days
> (an msi having both 32 and 64 bit components).
>
> But of course without the TortoiseOverlays x86 in our x64 installer, due to
> the component GUID conflict. We will request our users to download and install
> TortoiseOveralys x86 themselves for x64 platforms if they want to have
> overlay icons in 32 bit processes (tested, works fine, but of course is
> clumsy), citing the GUID conflict.
>
> I admit I haven't tested yet on Win XP x64 but on clean Vista x64 SP2 and
> Windows 7 x64 all this works fine.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Do an install but with a full log. You
might be surprised about what doesn't work.
Please read this post about the problems:
http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2008/01/15/different-packages-are-required-for-different-processor-architectures.aspx
> Per my own cluelessness, it is hard to understand that two packages can't be
> installed in a single installer, but they work fine once installed, if a user
> installs these separate packages manually, one after the other.
>
> Our minimum required platform will be Win XP and our focus for x64 platforms
> is clearly Vista and Windows 7. I might as well consider having the x64 installer
> refusing to install TortoiseHg 1.0 on Win XP x64 if it turns out to be problem on
> that platform.
The problem(s) are due to the redirections in place, independent of OS
versions.
> For those interested: 1.0 betas for testing are available on
> http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild/downloads/
> (take a tortoisehg-stable-*.msi)
> I still don't see why the exact same component GUID must be used twice
> in two different products (one being an x86 and the other a x64).
>
> Can you explain why it is not possible to have *different* GUIDs?
>
> Stupid question (as often): Why not doing something like:
Actually, I fixed it a better way (check the diff and you'll know what I
mean :) ).
The new version (1.0.13) is online.
Stefan
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Received on 2010-02-26 19:47:19 CET