B Royles wrote: > Ok, so time goes on, and I need to uninstall Firefox from a few systems > for whatever reason.. ( not upgrade ) and during the uninstall, I figure > out that it should be -msa on the uninstall vice -ms. I update it on my > server's packages.xml. This doesn't help me though, because Wpkg still > uses the commands that are in the local wpkg.xml file. So, I get stuck > finding some other solution to remove this software.. ( And most people > would probably at that point just go do it manually.. ) > > > > I have the EXACT same issue!!!!! > > but when you figure it out on a number of 250+ machines well... lets just say > forget uninstalling it till next rebuild > > > This would be a good idea to have as a option in wpkg so people can choose > which method they like..
I'd say there are good arguments for both approaches, but Michael's approach is more elastic. Let's say you install Firefox, and as the uninstall string give: Firefox\uninstall.exe -I -made -a -typo oops! There, with server-side approach, you can always correct it. With client-side approach, it's not that easy. If you're still confused, and you're not sure which versions you have installed and which uninstall options you should use, I'd try something like: %ProgramFiles%\Mozilla\Firefox\uninstall.exe -ms (with timeout="30") taskkill /f /im uninstall.exe %ProgramFiles%\Mozilla\Firefox\uninstall.exe -msa (again, with timeout="30" in XML) taskkill /f /im uninstall.exe To tell some more, some time in the past, WPKG used a "server-side uninstallation instructions", but it was a bit buggy, and was removed - anyone wants to review old versions and extract the right code? :) -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ wpkg-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wpkg-users
