Re: [MXE Octave] NSIS while copying files installer should not be canceled?

[PhilipNienhuis]

John Donoghue-3 wrote
> On 2/14/20 2:31 AM, Kai Torben Ohlhus wrote:
>> John D., before opening a new bug report, is it intended behavior, that
>> the Octave installer cannot be canceled once it copies the files?
>>
>> I think it is no big deal, just an observation.  From the
>> installer-script [1] I could not find things like NSIS describes [2].
>>
>> Kai
>>
>> [1]
>> https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/file/33eacbfa7739/tools/makeinst-script.sh.in
>> [2]
>> https://nsis.sourceforge.io/InstFiles_Cancel_-_Allowing_a_user_to_cancel_installation_during_InstFiles
> 
> The installer is just using the standard methods for 
> installing/processing files, so isnt doing any modifications of that 
> apart from adding an additional page for the check boxes

I also noted (know) that NSIS installers (there are more, AFAIU notepad++
also uses it) can't be interrupted.
But killing hem through Task Manager works.

Philip




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