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----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf AT redhat DOT 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
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