[wpkg-users] Just running one package at each run

[Kevin Keane]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org [mailto:wpkg-users-
> bounces at lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of Rainer Meier
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:51 AM
> To: Pendl Stefan
> Cc: wpkg
> Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] Just running one package at each run
> 
> Clearly said WPKG will not execute any uninstall commands of packages
> not part of wpkg.xml. The only way to put packages into wpkg.xml is to
> (at least temporary) add them to an assigned profile and run WPKG.
> After this the software becomes "managed" and sure will be removed
> if you remove it later from the profile.

I was under the impression that wpgk.js /synchronize would add all matching
Packages to wpkg.xml as well? Is that not the case?

One other way to get a package into wpkg.xml is by running wpkg.js /install
on the package. If the package is already installed unmanaged, wpkg will
add it to wpkg.xml and make it managed.

In any case, I am actually taking advantage of this wpkg behavior; I am using
it to also uninstall unwanted software (which WPKG obviously has never installed
in the first place) such as toolbars.

In any case, I just realized that I am also using /force. Maybe that is why
I see the behavior?

Going a bit off topic but tying into a question I had a few days ago: is there
a way to set /force on a per-package or per-profile basis? It would be extremely
handy if I could use wpkg to remove bloatware from a new computer and at the
same time leave preinstalled copies of, say, Microsoft Office, intact.