* RE: Question regarding problem during uninstall using setup.exe[Scanned]
@ 2003-09-15 2:43 Robert Collins
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From: Robert Collins @ 2003-09-15 2:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: alan.miles; +Cc: cygwin
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On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 03:24, Alan Miles wrote:
> Rob,
>
> Sorry it has been a looong week ... with quite a number of looong weeks
> ahead,
> and I misinterpreted your response.
>
> Anyway, I appreciate your responses. I am going to try a preremove script I
> have just checked http://cygwin.com/setup.html
> to see if there is any online info about how these work, but I couldn't see
> any.
A preremove script /might/ work around the problem, but essentially it
needs to be fixed in the core of setup.
The logic problem is:
Setup is meant to delete directories it creates when it uninstalls
things.
Setup only deletes directories that are empty to preserve custom created
files by users.
Setup doesn't currently know the difference between an empty dir under a
dir it created, and a dir it created. So, such dirs are deleted.
Cheers,
Rob
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* RE: Question regarding problem during uninstall using setup.exe[Scanned]
@ 2003-09-15 2:43 Robert Collins
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From: Robert Collins @ 2003-09-15 2:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: alan.miles; +Cc: cygwin
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On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 21:45, Alan Miles wrote:
> Rob,
>
> Thanks for the message.
>
> However, my "packages" did NOT create these directories - I just wish to
> mount them, therefore setup should not be deleting them. For example,
I understand that. Which part of my email suggested I did not understand
the problem?
It's known. The cause it predictable. We could do better - hey, you're
welcome to join in the development and help improve this area!
Cheers,
Rob
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* Re: Question regarding problem during uninstall using setup.exe[Scanned]
@ 2003-09-15 2:43 Robert Collins
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From: Robert Collins @ 2003-09-15 2:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: alan.miles; +Cc: cygwin
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On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 10:21, Alan Miles wrote:
>
> I don't believe it should be doing the
>
> rmdir H:\CygnusSolutions-Cygwin Files\CygwinMachine_Package_Dirs\dest
> rmdir H:\CygnusSolutions-Cygwin Files\CygwinMachine_Package_Dirs\build
>
> commands, and I am not sure if this is a setup.exe issue, hence the reason I
> am sending this to this mailing list.
Setup tries to remove any directories created by packages it installs -
which includes /.
Improvements could be made in this area, yes.
Cheers,
Rob
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