The dotnet/cli is a very self contained installation package primarily
composed of files. Thus system restore adds little value and costing
only files is sufficient to verify disk space. The result is a 20%
install time reduction, ~2 seconds, on my machine where system restore
is disabled. The win is *much* larger where system restore is still on
(the default).
Increasing the compression from "mszip" (which is notoriously out of
date) to "high" reduces the package size by 17% with no appreciable
change in build or install time. In other words, this is a free 8 MB
savings off the download size/time.
A typical LaunchCondition should not block the user from removing a
package. LaunchConditions should also not prevent repair from fixing
the machine state, especially if the machine state needs to be repaired
for the LaunchCondition to evaluate. To avoid both problems the
condition was updated such that once installed the package can always
be repaired and uninstalled.
Type 51 custom actions, SetProperty, are mostly benign but if possible
custom actions should be avoided at all costs. Here we centralize the
build type check in a single location and use preprocessor variable to
remove the need for the custom action.
All resources should be installed by one and only one Component, where
Component is defined by the Component/@Guid. The SetupRegistry_x64 and
SetupRegistry_x86 Components were sharing the env vars across the 32-bit
and 64-bit packages. That is a Component Rule violation.
The fix is simple. Since the 32-bit registration is always required, let
it handle the env var installation. The code is cleaner as well.
Renaming variables according to code review comments. Adding the folder logic to the builder tests. Creating a separate compilation folder during the build.
Changing the build scripts to copy files over from debug\dnxcore and to check for the folders existence before trying that.
Making the build command aware of the subfolders and making E2E tests aware of subfolders.
Fixing compiler tests to look for the xml in the right plae taking into consideration the configuration and tfm.
Modifying publish tests to not take into consideration the runtime. This is a temporary change. will bring it back once the commands all understand rid.
Making the packaging step work by placing binaries where dotnet pack expects.
The dotnet installer writes content under %ProgramFiles% which is
machine-wide and requires elevation. The Package@InstallScope attribute
must be set to perMachine in this case and will ensure that the Burn
bootstrapper prompts for elevation during install.
Since we are still waiting for the fix in CoreCLR to resolving
symlinks, moving the PKG postinstall to add dotnet bin dir
to systemwide path using /etc/paths.d/dotnet file.
Fix#786, #771, #841
Set a new registry 'BuildType' when installing. Check for this reg key
when upgrading to a newer version. Show error message and exit
if the previous installation does not have the same 'BuildType'.
Encode the CLI version into MSI supported ProductVersion documented here -
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370859(v=vs.85).aspx
Example: CLI Version - 1.0.0.000930 is encoded in MSI as 4.0.930
Prevent downgrading by failing installation with error message.
Also display the original CLI version in the ProductName.
Adding symlinks for the following commands:
* dotnet-dnx
* csc
Also adding symlink for libclihost.dylib because it is needed
for the corehost.
Fix#823, #786
