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From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 12:16:42PM +0200, Gary . wrote:
>Anyway, what I'd really like to know is, manually parsing the
>setup.ini aside, is there any way to uninstall (say) Cygwin/X all in
>one blow? I spent what felt like hours last night clicking through
>various packages to "uninstall", only for some later package, when
>cycled through "reinstall" on the way to "uninstall", to reset it. I
>considered taking a hammer to it, but didn't want to disturb the
>neighbours at such a late hour. Now *that* would be an improvement to
>setup I could get fully behind (a way of seeing and uninstalling not
>only package A, but all dependant packages as well, not using a hamme
>on the computer).

I'd suggest that if you have a question or comment about setup it would
be a good idea to send a message with a specific subject rather than
trying to use this thread.  I just happened to read this because I
recognized your name as a non-kook.  If the other setup.exe maintainers
are at all similar to me they have given up on this particular thread
a while ago.

cgf

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