[virt-tools-list] [PATCH] wixl: use a versionized installation directory

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 04:39:52PM +0100, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
> From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau at gmail.com>
> 
> It turned out that not only the current MSI broke the "component rule",
> but also that our files are not versionized correctly. Windows Installer
> applies some file versioning rules before replacing a file
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368599%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
> 
> Since msitools doesn't extract version from files and populate the Version
> field of the File table, it "usually" keep the current file installed.
> 
> It's practically impossible to rely on version information from
> files (from a quick look, only 5% of the files are versionized and even
> less correctly, libgcrypt seems to do non-monotonic buildid for example)

Is there something mingw can do to version files correctly?  I'd never
even heard of this feature of Windows before.  Where is the version
stored?  In the file?  In an NTFS ADS ..?

Rich.

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