[CRITICAL] Uninstall when symlinks are present destroys linked folders

[adamleerich]

Hello, I created a symlink to a folder on my C drive (where I keep my github projects). I had to uninstall MSYS2 while trying to fix a bug in another project's build. When uninstalling, the folder on my C drive (not properly part of the MSYS2 folder) was completely cleared. Most of the work in there is pushed to github, so I think I am OK, but I wanted to flag this.

I'll create a script that recreates the issue, if that is helpful, but I wanted to raise this now because I think it is critically dangerous, unexpected behaviour.

Thanks

--Adam

[lazka]

hm, that's unfortunate indeed. We just use the QT installer framework which handles the uninstall process for us, so not sure if we can change anything there.

[adamleerich]

I'll do a test to see if I can recreate the issue. If I can, would you be amenable to adding an alert to the uninstaller or the website to tell people who use symlinks to be careful?