>Package Validation discusses using Internal Consistency Evaluators (ICEs) to test the internal consistency of installation packages that are under development.

>The internal consistency evaluators (ICEs) are tests that you can run to check whether Windows Installer packages are valid databases that perform as expected. These tests validate the data in each table of a package, as well as the data among tables.

OhMeadhbh · 2h ago

It's probably worth mentioning that in this case, "ICE" stands for "Internal Consistency Evaluators" and not "Immigration and Customs Enforcement."

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