Installing shared assembly into the GAC

[Dan]

Hi

when installing a shared assembly into the GAC, do I have to check whether
the GAC already have the assembly with the same strong
name(name,versi on,publickeytok en and culture) before installing it using
gacutil.exe? when there is another copy already installed do I need to take
special steps to quit the installation process.

Is this check necessary? or the gacutil.exe or the GAC will handle this
scenario automatically and will not install multiple copies of the same
assembly (with the same string name)?

regards
dan

[Miha Markic]

Re: Installing shared assembly into the GAC

Hi Dan,

IMO GAC will handle it since there can't be two identical assemblies
registered.

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Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & software development
miha at rthand com

"Dan" <bigbaluku@yaho o.com.sg> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> when installing a shared assembly into the GAC, do I have to check whether
> the GAC already have the assembly with the same strong
> name(name,versi on,publickeytok en and culture) before installing it using
> gacutil.exe? when there is another copy already installed do I need to[/color]
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> special steps to quit the installation process.
>
> Is this check necessary? or the gacutil.exe or the GAC will handle this
> scenario automatically and will not install multiple copies of the same
> assembly (with the same string name)?
>
> regards
> dan
>
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