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diff --git a/contrib/wix/README.txt b/contrib/wix/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d9ec37 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/wix/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +WiX installer source files +========================== + +The files in this folder are used by the thg-winbuild [1] package +building architecture to create a Mercurial MSI installer. These files +are versioned within the Mercurial source tree because the WXS files +must kept up to date with distribution changes within their branch. In +other words, the default branch WXS files are expected to diverge from +the stable branch WXS files. Storing them within the same repository is +the only sane way to keep the source tree and the installer in sync. + +The MSI installer builder uses only the mercurial.ini file from the +contrib/win32 folder, the contents of which have been historically used +to create an InnoSetup based installer. The rest of the files there are +ignored. + +The MSI packages built by thg-winbuild require elevated (admin) +privileges to be installed due to the installation of MSVC CRT libraries +under the C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS folder. Thus the InnoSetup installers may +still be useful to some users. + +To build your own MSI packages, clone the thg-winbuild [1] repository +and follow the README.txt [2] instructions closely. There are fewer +prerequisites for a WiX [3] installer than an InnoSetup installer, but +they are more specific. + +Direct questions or comments to Steve Borho <steve@borho.org> + +[1] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild +[2] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild/src/tip/README.txt +[3] http://wix.sourceforge.net/ |