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[WIP] WiX v5 for Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks.Installers #15933

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@PranavSenthilnathan PranavSenthilnathan commented Jun 25, 2025

  • Copy over existing WiX 3 files to WiX 5 directory
  • Update WiX acquisition to instead use NuGet packages
  • Update candle.exe and light.exe invocations to wix build
  • Update heat.exe invocation to use HarvestDirectory task

dotnet/runtime PR that will consume these changes: dotnet/runtime#117010

Contributes to dotnet/runtime#116878

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Another option would be to add Microsoft.WixToolset.* as NuGet dependencies for this package. But this would mean v3 would also have them as dependencies.

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