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1 WiX installer source files
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2 ==========================
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4 The files in this folder are used by the thg-winbuild [1] package
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5 building architecture to create a Mercurial MSI installer. These files
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6 are versioned within the Mercurial source tree because the WXS files
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7 must kept up to date with distribution changes within their branch. In
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8 other words, the default branch WXS files are expected to diverge from
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9 the stable branch WXS files. Storing them within the same repository is
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10 the only sane way to keep the the source tree and the installer in sync.
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12 The MSI installer builder uses only the mercurial.ini file from the
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13 contrib/win32 folder, the contents of which have been historically used
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14 to create an InnoSetup based installer. The rest of the files there are
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15 ignored.
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17 The MSI packages built by thg-winbuild require elevated (admin)
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18 privileges to be installed due to the installation of MSVC CRT libraries
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19 under the C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS folder. Thus the InnoSetup installers may
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20 still be useful to some users.
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22 To build your own MSI packages, clone the thg-winbuild [1] repository
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23 and follow the README.txt [2] instructions closely. There are fewer
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24 prerequisites for a WiX [3] installer than an InnoSetup installer, but
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25 they are more specific.
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27 Direct questions or comments to Steve Borho <steve@borho.org>
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29 [1] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild
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30 [2] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild/src/tip/README.txt
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31 [3] http://wix.sourceforge.net/