Re: [libvirt] Experimental 32-bit windows libvirt installer
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 04:42:46AM +1100, Justin Clift wrote:
On 16/11/2010, at 9:44 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:41:35PM +1100, Justin Clift wrote:
>> For the creation of .msi package files, WiX seems to be the right
>> tool these days (open source):
>>
>> http://wix.sourceforge.net
>>
>> Actually kind of think I've heard of it before, as it got some press
>> a few years back from being one of the very first Open Source
>> projects by Microsoft itself. (or something along those lines)
>
> WiX itself is open source, but it has closed source dependencies, so
> it is of no use. That's why we're still using NSIS, despite all its
> failings.
Do you remember what the closed source dependencies are?
The bottom line is this email:
http://www.mailinglistarchive.com/fedora-devel-list@redhat.com/msg61468.html
I don't know whether this is true, or still true, but I do know that
the build system for WiX is out of bizarro-land. You will need to ask
on the Fedora Mono SIG list to find out what the current status of WiX
is (and how to build it on Fedora).
Rich.
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