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From:	"Lex Ein" <lex_ein AT f-m DOT fm>
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Date:	Sun, 16 May 2004 16:20:34 -0700
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Subject:	How to force Setup.exe to behave?
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Nine days ago, this was "Using Setup.exe to uninstall -bogus".

Please help me figure out how to get Setup.exe to STOP TRYING TO INSTALL
X.
Setup.exe won't stop trying to snag unnecessary components.
What file(s) to I have to edit manually to make this happen?  
What can I manually delete?
It's a remote system, so I can't uninstall Cygwin without losing control.

Little help?

On Fri, 07 May 2004 19:16:54 -0700, "Lex Ein" <lex_ein AT f-m DOT fm> said:
> If there exists a sensible method for trimming the bulk of an existing
> Cygwin installation on a running disk-limited REMOTE system accessible
> only via ssh, I'd love to know it.  I've completely lost patience.
> 
> On a remote system, I've been trying to uninstall large chunks of Cygwin
> (x, db). Using Setup.exe to do this is like playing Whack-a-Mole, and is
> extremely frustrating.
> 
> The "Keep | Reinstall | Source | Version1 | Version2...| Uninstall"
> click-to-rotate control forces dependancies both far and near while I'm
> trying to _reach_ Uninstall.  Uninstall LEAVES THOSE DEPENDANCIES
> ACTIVATED.  
> 
> Without a way to select Uninstall without clocking through all the other
> dependancy activators, it's impossible to remove features and all their
> dependancies stickily.
> 
> In fact, the very process of trying to do this piece by piece has
> resulted in masses of other crap being installed which I don't need. 
> It's rather disturbing, as I'm running out of space on the remote system.
> 
> L
> 
> flames->dev/null
> 
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