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RE: setup feature request


> >
> > - what's the difference between 'default' and 'install'?
> >

ok, now I know there's no a difference for Base and Misc, but I still don't
know what the difference is for the others ...
(I guess I'm missing something obvious here)

> > - it should be very easy to add 'remove' as well. This will
> finally give us
> > a means to remove cygwin (or just a part of it) easily.
>
> Unfortunately, setup's remove is not an uninstall. That is, the registry
> entries for mount points, and shortcuts in the start menu are not
> removed even if you remove all packages.
>

ok fine. But it does remove the files. That's already something...

> Patches to address this are welcome :].

sure!


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