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