X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Steven E. Harris" Subject: Re: How to uninstall Cygwin/X (only) Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:14:22 -0400 Lines: 14 Message-ID: <83zl19g09d.fsf@torus.sehlabs.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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1 (windows-nt) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Norton Allen writes: > So what you want setup to do is remember whether a package was > selected by the user or simply included to satisfy a dependency. Then > when a package is deselected, the dependencies can be reevaluated. That's what the Debian package management system has been doing for many years. It distinguishes whether a package is currently installed -- or proposed to be installed -- as a result of dependency nomination or as an explicit request by the user. It prunes the former as the incident dependencies change. -- Steven E. Harris -- 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