[jira] [Resolved] (FLUME-372) Flume windows uninstaller should use install log to only delete necessary files.

["Ashish Paliwal (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-372?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Ashish Paliwal resolved FLUME-372.
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    Resolution: Won't Fix

Won't fix. 0.X branch not maintained anymore

> Flume windows uninstaller should use install log to only delete necessary files.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FLUME-372
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-372
>             Project: Flume
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Build, Technical Debt, Windows
>    Affects Versions: v0.9.4
>            Reporter: Jonathan Hsieh
>             Fix For: v0.9.5
>
>
> Comments from Carl Steinbach.
> """"
> "RMDir $INSTDIR" will fail if the directory isn't empty, which is a possibility if the user placed any additional files in $INSTDIR after running the installer. Calling "RMDIR /r $INSTDIR" isn't safe since it's possible that the user selected a non-standard installation location like C:\WINDOWS
> It looks like the best practice for avoiding this problem is to use the the uninstall macro located here: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Uninstall_only_installed_files
> """"



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