From: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 10:06:42 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Updated MSI README to mention dependency on .NET 3.5. (GH-8375) X-Git-Tag: v3.7.1rc1~227 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0126b7d7356785b13ad0b3a735f56939148906f4;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Updated MSI README to mention dependency on .NET 3.5. (GH-8375) (cherry picked from commit c536beedd50b0071208b4108ba9b48a36ffced79) Co-authored-by: Vinay Sajip --- diff --git a/Tools/msi/README.txt b/Tools/msi/README.txt index 1908f5c3a405..07ea9f744bd0 100644 --- a/Tools/msi/README.txt +++ b/Tools/msi/README.txt @@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ Before building the installer, download extra build dependencies using Tools\msi\get_externals.bat. (Note that this is in addition to the similarly named file in PCbuild.) +One of the dependencies used in builds is WiX, a toolset that lets developers +create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine. WiX +has a dependency on the Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.5 (which may not be +configured on recent versions of Windows, such as Windows 10). If you are +building on a recent Windows version, use the Control Panel (Programs | Programs +and Features | Turn Windows Features on or off) and ensure that the entry +".NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)" is enabled. + For testing, the installer should be built with the Tools/msi/build.bat script: