[GENERAL] PostgreSQL uninstall fails

2011-11-10 Thread J.V.
I have to do a lot of testing which involves uninstalling PostgreSQL completely sometimes, but there is a lot of crud still left around after an uninstall. 1) the installation directory with PostgreSQL droppings - I have to go manually remove it. I do not know why the uninstaller does not blo

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL uninstall fails

2011-11-10 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/10/11 1:30 PM, J.V. wrote: Can anyone get me started on where to checkout the postgreSQL installer code and fix it so that it is no longer broken? I may need to ask a few questions so if I can be put in touch with the uninstaller team, would really like to get this fixed and go back and

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL uninstall fails

2011-11-10 Thread J.V.
yes, this is on windows. Currently removing the data directory and the postgresql user is not optional. It fails and does not remove those two items. There must be 30+ registry keys still there as well. What I am looking to do is to delete any registry entry: 1. that has a data value m

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL uninstall fails

2011-11-10 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/10/11 2:18 PM, J.V. wrote: What I am looking to do is to delete any registry entry: 1. that has a data value matching the pattern '*postgres*' 2. that has a directory value matching the pattern '*postgres*' 3. that has a key name matching the pattern '*postgres*' these r

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL uninstall fails

2011-11-10 Thread Craig Ringer
On 11/11/2011 06:18 AM, J.V. wrote: yes, this is on windows. Currently removing the data directory and the postgresql user is not optional. It fails and does not remove those two items. There must be 30+ registry keys still there as well. What I am looking to do is to delete any registry entry

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL uninstall fails

2011-11-22 Thread J.V.
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

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL uninstall fails

2011-11-22 Thread John R Pierce
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 ano

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL uninstall fails

2011-11-22 Thread Craig Ringer
On 11/23/2011 06:47 AM, 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? The installer