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[Sridhar Ratnakumar <sridhar.ratna@xxxxxxxxx>]

I thought we recently made a change (in the NSI script) to make the
examples/ directory read-only? Isn't this targeted for 1.3.7?

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:47 AM, The Escapist <680426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Fair enough, on the other hand it's worth keeping in mind that ANY file
> assembled by GNUSim8085 will  also be IMPLICITLY SAVED, so even the
> examples would be updated once being run:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnusim8085/+bug/680462
>
> Otherwise one could just as well add a condition that checks that the
> files are not stored within the program directory, to avoid accidental
> deletion.
>
> But with the current method of implicitly saving files before
> assembling, this won't work too well.
>
> --
> critical bug (data loss!) when uninstalling on Windows
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/680426
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critical bug (data loss!) when uninstalling on Windows
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/680426
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Status in gnusim8085: New

Bug description:
on Windows, the uninstallation routine seems to be deleting the whole GNUSim8085 directory, regardless of it containing changes to any files or even completely new files.

This is a highly critical bug, as people could possibly lose their source code/modifications this way.

The right thing to do here would be asking the user if s/he wants to retain modified/new files, and to refrain from deleting directories that contain modifications or new files.

This is the standard procedure used by other Windows installers.