Re: PostgreSQL uninstall fails - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John R Pierce
Subject Re: PostgreSQL uninstall fails
Date
Msg-id 4ECC33B0.6070800@hogranch.com
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL uninstall fails  ("J.V." <jvsrvcs@gmail.com>)
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On 11/22/11 2:47 PM, J.V. wrote:
> So if there is only one versin of postgeSQL installed and no other
> products with the name "postgres", which I am guessing is very typical
> in most instances, can I change the uninstaller to delete/remove
> everything that this installer installed?
>
> If there is another instance, it would leave the common things around
> of course, but uninstalling a single instance leaves a lot of
> droppings around that need to be manually cleaned up.

I think the installer should ask before doing any deleting of the
postgres service account or $PGDATA directories.



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