https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14287
Issue ID: 14287
Summary: D uninstaller nukes the entire D installation folder,
including any user files
Product: D
Version: D2
Hardware: All
OS: Windows
Status: NEW
Severity: critical
Priority: P1
Component: installer
Assignee: nob...@puremagic.com
Reporter: thecybersha...@gmail.com
CC: e...@gnuk.net
The D1 and D2 Windows uninstallers currently do a recursive rmdir on the
installation directory:
RMDir /r "$INSTDIR\dmd2"
RMDir "$INSTDIR"
Two users who I've introduced to D have now pointed this out. Although no
important data is lost, this is still rather unpleasant.
Ideally, we should only delete those files that we have installed, if they have
not changed since installation. Deleting only the list of files that have been
installed would also be acceptable.
For the moment, I've created a PR to warn users before the RMDir is executed:
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/installer/pull/121
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