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RE: setup feature request


On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 21:39, Kris Thielemans wrote:

> - it's not an incredible piece of user friendly design. I didn't have a clue
> you could click there and what the effect would be. Don't get me wrong,
> being able to do global stuff per category *is* a very nice feature. So,
> maybe some online help (or just 1 or 2 sentences at the bottom of the dialog
> box) could sort that out.
> 
> - what's the difference between 'default' and 'install'?
> 
> - it should be very easy to add 'remove' as well. This will finally give us
> a means to remove cygwin (or just a part of it) easily.

Unfortunately, setup's remove is not an uninstall. That is, the registry
entries for mount points, and shortcuts in the start menu are not
removed even if you remove all packages.

Patches to address this are welcome :].

Rob

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