Re: [Mingw-users] MinGW 5.0.0 installer feed back

[Keith M. <kei...@to...>]

Greg Chicares wrote:
[Quoting Pascal Buhler]
>>>>I would like the installer to ask before setting the PATH to the
>>>>newly installed mingw bin directory. A simple check box that is
>>>>checked by default is all I ask for, so I can uncheck it.
>>>
[Quoting me}
>>>Just curious -- why would you want to do this?
>>
[Quoting Michael Gerdau]
>> Because I don't want *ANY* program whatsoever to mess around
>> with my environment without asking for permission !
>
> [snip several compelling reasons]
>
> Is this a change from the February 2005 installer--a change that
> alters the system path in the master environment, affecting all
> programs? If so, I think it's a misfeature, and shouldn't be the
> default behavior if it's offered at all.

Hmm.  I hadn't appreciated that the installer was messing with the
master environment.  I agree that this is wrong.

Dave, can you fix it please?  The idea of a checkbox to allow it
seems reasonable;  maybe the default should be to *not* do it, so
that the user must specifically request it.  Any thoughts?

Regards,
Keith.