[Pcgen-trackers] [ pcgen-Bugs-1378109 ] [5.8.0] Dangerous uninstaller

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Bugs item #1378109, was opened at 2005-12-11 12:32
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Category: Installation and Environment
Group: To be fixed For 5.12
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 8
Submitted By: Rhaka (rhaka)
>Assigned to: Edwin C Holley (glasswalker)
Summary: [5.8.0] Dangerous uninstaller

Initial Comment:
Greetings. I recently installed PCGen 5.8.0 to the
wrong folder by accident, which was my Program Files
folder (on a Win XP Pro SP2 system). When I went to
uninstall it, it attempted to delete all the files in
the folder it was in. And it did a pretty good job at
it, too, forcing me to format.

This isn't a bug per se, as I assume it's doing what
it's supposed to do, but this is a pretty damn
dangerous way of uninstalling a program. Maybe just
have it remove the pcgen files and leave it up to the
users to remove additional files placed in there?

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>Comment By: Martijn Verburg (karianna)
Date: 2006-08-26 10:01

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OK, Edwin if we can go for the interim solution of listing
the files, that would be great.

No we won't update the uninstaller for 5.10.x series,
haven't had enough complaints about it to warrant the extra
effort.  Long term the Maven generated list sounds ideal.

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Comment By: James Dempsey (jdempsey)
Date: 2006-08-26 00:06

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If we move to Maven (see
http://www.legolas.org/pcgen/pytw/#%5B%5BProposed%20Maven%20Release%20Process%5D%5D
for the proposal) the NSIS script will be generated by an
XSLT script at release time. We can aim to have this go over
the file list dynamically and add all of the files to a
list. A similar technique could be used for the sources too.

In the interim, perhaps a simpler way to solve this issue is
to list all of the files and folders in the root directory.
We can safely assume that anything that is in our folders is
ok to delete (apart from user data to be preserved). 

Oh and I don't believe there is a plan to update the
(un)installer of older versions of PCGen. The only place I
could see it being of value is 5.10.x, depending on how long
the 5.12 cycle is.

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Comment By: Edwin C Holley (glasswalker)
Date: 2006-08-25 18:03

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Are the older versions of pcgen going to be updated with new
installers (or have they)?

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Comment By: Edwin C Holley (glasswalker)
Date: 2006-08-25 18:01

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Ok, this can be done.  I can list every file in the
installer script.  Only files that were added by the
installer will be removed.  The only problem with this, is
the installer will only INSTALL files listed in the script.
 AKA If a new file is added, and I am not informed it is not
in the installer.  I would be neat if a Perl wizard could
figure a way to replace variables in the installer, with
properly formatted file listing in the install script. 
Otherwise I am in for a lot of work.  Let me know.

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Comment By: Eric Beaudoin (ericbeaudoin)
Date: 2006-03-25 16:05

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I agree with Rhaka but again, this is something beyong my 
ability to fix.

Any NIS guru out there that can take a crack at this?

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