Re: mintty start menu icon

[Charles Wilson <cygwin at cwilson dot fastmail dot fm>]

On 8/26/2010 1:07 PM, Andy Koppe wrote:
> 2010/8/26 Vincent RiviÃre:
> > It would be nice if the mintty package could honor the unchecking of "Add
> > icon to Start Menu"
>
> Yes, that would be nice, but unfortunately setup.exe's design doesn't
> allow for this. The start menu icon is created by the mintty
> postinstall script, which is run before the user even gets to the "Add
> icon to Start Menu" option. Same issue for other packages that create
> start menu entries.

Would it be reasonable to move that dialog (sans the "Finished" wording, 
of course) earlier in the process -- and then export the value of those 
checkboxes via env vars like your other patch?

--
Chuck

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