Gozzgug
17th January 2007 21:20 UTC

NSIS -vs- MSI
We have a vendor that has found a 127 MSP limit using windows installer, (MSI/MSPs). We get MSP patches from them frequently for updates. We reach the 127 MSP limit very quickly and are having a hard time dealing with this limitation.

Does NSIS support patching in a similar way to MSI and if so can it handle more than 127 patches being applied to an existing install? Is there a limit?

Thanks.

Comm@nder21
18th January 2007 15:58 UTC

nsis supports close to anything as far as you write the right scripts :)

i guess you could write a script that supports far more than 127 patch installations.
but as i said: you'd have to write the complete patching script, you do not have a GUI to click such things together.

onad
22nd January 2007 16:31 UTC

Ask your vendor to upgrade the major verion of the MSI package after releasing more than 126 updates.

You also can repack the deliverd MSI package yourself with e.g. MAKEMSI http://www.dennisbareis.com

And yes, you could also use NSIS and VPatch theoretically, but whatever your choose, it is still a lot of work.

IMHO:
It's really better to ask the vendor to learn how to use MSI correctly. This situation should normally never occur with propper MSI packages.