Re: BUG #5632: won't unistall properly - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: BUG #5632: won't unistall properly
Date
Msg-id 201008311633.o7VGXZQ13783@momjian.us
Whole thread Raw
In response to BUG #5632: won't unistall properly  ("Robert Koch" <Expendable@AEMail4u.com>)
List pgsql-bugs
Robert Koch wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      5632
> Logged by:          Robert Koch
> Email address:      Expendable@AEMail4u.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.4.4-1
> Operating system:   Windows 2000 Pro
> Description:        won't unistall properly
> Details:
>
> When installing, PostgreSQL fails to create an entry in Windows' Add/Remove
> Programs feature.  One can remove the files and directories by hand, but the
> System Registry features about a couple dozen entries for PostgreSQL, some
> of which regedit.exe cannot remove.
>
> A cleaner uninstall feature is necessary.
>
> Similarly, the bundled versions of Apache and phpBB leave fingerprints in
> the registry when being removed by hand, as necessitated by their absence
> from the approved Add/Remove Programs method.

I know the Add/Remove Programs link gets created on XP;  in fact this is
the first reported failure we have heard about this.  Where did you get
the Postgres download from?

--
  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>        http://momjian.us
  EnterpriseDB                             http://enterprisedb.com

  + It's impossible for everything to be true. +

pgsql-bugs by date:

Previous
From: Bruce Momjian
Date:
Subject: Re: BUG #5631: psql dumps core during command editing
Next
From: Jeff Davis
Date:
Subject: Re: Exclude constraint problem