From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 50940 invoked by alias); 15 Jan 2017 13:59:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 50916 invoked by uid 89); 15 Jan 2017 13:59:30 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=H*f:sk:CAPsu6L, H*MI:sk:CAPsu6L, H*i:sk:CAPsu6L, H*MI:sk:2-jL_cn X-HELO: mail-it0-f50.google.com Received: from mail-it0-f50.google.com (HELO mail-it0-f50.google.com) (209.85.214.50) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 13:59:28 +0000 Received: by mail-it0-f50.google.com with SMTP id 203so60221830ith.0 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 05:59:28 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KIsKEuLuK+EPxUTOEjG0cTI3cyOtXeWQsHfkdUVRjus=; b=iz3Ybyax/jncVI3Bg0ZZRFMEnXzvcmABEVQi3A+5w4MSQAV1dHMINkWObgbnFXkiEc 6ykVGWRnpr5Zlh4b+OHlpPPosgOnO3EtyhpkBM+gy/1xncFXm7vKKliCFTv+gl312tZO WAyed9xbFdiwvwhKW8jfEZq0bGEDHLGN3/unFzq44OTjGdj9YGnk4dltOsTVNN1aIW5C UoDXO1+nrLo/uIEPRWn8KYgwM/vbJ9gdRZUNhoBQgcSTQkwtBccCYIp6sFf3NhNAwDen dKDtbmS/RltglsKr14u0LPjgZu0B2KerCDI8yW4R7LMmQej68ItuFYtYD/srjjiZsOgG hHjw== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXLmuNAAn9riexkaxi/1rpTUHyCdssWqrVTmfzKpu0g+Kq/sHfKtJTPS0TcXCq0JEw== X-Received: by 10.36.246.5 with SMTP id u5mr11192382ith.48.1484488766936; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 05:59:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.6] (d27-96-48-76.nap.wideopenwest.com. [96.27.76.48]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 9sm902169itm.18.2017.01.15.05.59.26 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 15 Jan 2017 05:59:26 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Installer request: Remember state of final checkboxes between runs To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <25bef248-8f83-f6eb-8d14-3ebfe666fbd5@gmail.com> From: cyg Simple Message-ID: <659cd1f4-3023-bc1d-5e79-295658462eb1@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 13:59:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-01/txt/msg00174.txt.bz2 On 1/13/2017 11:23 PM, Brian Mathis wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 5:27 PM, cyg Simple wrote: >> On 1/13/2017 10:14 AM, Brian Mathis wrote: >>> Every time the installer is run, it asks to create an icon on the >>> desktop. I do not want an icon on my desktop, and I have to uncheck >>> this box every time. I have probably done this 100 times since I've >>> been using Cygwin over the years. >>> >> >> You only need to check the boxes on initial install. >> >>> The installer should remember that this option was declined and >>> default the checkbox to that state on the next run. >>> >> >> They are not checked by default because you only need to create them >> once. You don't need to create them on update unless you've removed the >> shortcuts created. >> >> -- >> cyg Simple > > > No, this is not correct. If you run the install and DEselect to > create icons, it will ask you to create them again next time. It's > only doing a simple check if files exist to determine if the box is > checked. If the files don't exist, then is asks to create them, so > there is no way to say "never create icons". > Acknowledged. This sounds to be an issue to me. Are you able to provide a patch? -- cyg Simple -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple