I have few locations on the field for which the initial .msi is same having about 2000 files (of multiple file types). However, I will have to send patches to few of the locations depending on the need so the patch should consist of fewer files (sometimes only 1 file as a fix). I am unable to create a patch (.msp) with just one single file or few files that I want to add/update but have to include all the original set of files as well. Can this be accomplished by any means? Please help !!
Also I do not want to do Major Upgrade as some of the original files are logs and database file which needs to stay intact and cannot be removed.
When I tried this scenario with simple text files where my .msi has 3 text files and the .msp has only 1 text file that I want to update, everything went successful and I could see the changes. But when I tried with my actual folder, I got this error:-
MSI (s) (A0:70) [16:17:59:147]: SELMGR: ComponentId '{B826B564-A3C4-45AB-9623-FB0089831140}' is registered to feature 'ProductFeature', but is not present in the Component table. Removal of components from a feature is not supported! MSI (s) (A0:70) [16:17:59:147]: SELMGR: Removal of a component from a feature is not supported
where the component it is referring to is a dll. Am I missing something when it comes to dlls ?
Thank you David & Chris and all others for your time on this. For now, I have added new components as a new feature so that all existing components can belong to same feature. This has removed the error for me.