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Re: Restructuring gettext
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
> The "professional" installers aren't installing a number of disparate
packages.
>
> I don't think it is unreasonable to assume that if I cancel a gcc
installation
> my current binutils setup will still be intact.
Indeed and agreed.
The .MSI microsoft installer packages support complete rollback of
replaced files, registry settings - the lot - if a failure occurs during
an install. And the Microsoft Installer Service can be used for
arbitrary packages.
So the baseline out there is for reliable cancellations.
Rob