X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: From: Karl M To: Subject: FW: How to uninstall Cygwin/X (only) Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:04:46 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4BC1B287.7030703@gmail.com> References: ,<4BBE2F37.1060303@cygwin.com> <83y6gx330e.fsf@torus.sehlabs.com>,<83tyrl32lq.fsf@torus.sehlabs.com> <4BBE886F.409@cwilson.fastmail.fm>,<4BBE99F4.2080405@gmail.com> <877hoheypo.fsf@gmail.com>,<4BC12044.6050806@huarp.harvard.edu> <87r5mmad2y.fsf@gmail.com>,<4BC14B93.2050703@gmail.com>,<20100411062640.GA7269@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>,<4BC1B287.7030703@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com > Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:29:11 +0100 > From: dave > To: cygwin > Subject: Re: How to uninstall Cygwin/X (only) >=20 > On 11/04/2010 07:26, Christopher Faylor wrote: >=20 >> But the thing is, I'm not sure that just adding a drop-down is a useful >> thing to do.=20 >=20 > Well, I am. The problem described by the title of the this thread is that > you can't uninstall a bunch of stuff easily, because as you click your way > through the spinner you hit various versions on the way to "uninstall" th= at > cause dependencies to be selected. If you can go directly to "uninstall" > without cycling through all the intermediate settings, the problem is > trivially solved. >=20 > I'll post a patch later today. People who want to find out whether it's a > useful thing to do or not can try it and see. It's not like it will in any > way preclude us making further changes. >=20 Hi Dave... =20 What about a different approach...Just an option to ignore checking depende= ncies for the remainder of this setup run. =20 Then you run through an uninstall everything you want and just rerun setup in case there are any loose ends. =20 You could have whatever mechanism you want to enable it from the gui. =20 You could have a switch for it too. =20 Thanks, =20 ...Karl=20=09=09=20=09=20=20=20=09=09=20=20 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=3DPID28326::T:WLMTAGL:O= N:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple