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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:41:58 -0500
To: Neven Luetic <Neven DOT Luetic AT hanse DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Problem uninstalling/deleting cygwin
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At 11:28 AM 1/25/2005, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
>current installation (using the "cygwin time machine" mentioned some
>days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
>directory is undeletable. 
>
>This is due to some symbolic links from versions of uninstalled programs
>pointing to nowhere (i.e. /usr/autotool/devel/bin/automake, which is a
>symlink to automake-1.9). 
>I am able to change owner and permissions of these files to whatever I
>want, but I can not delete them ("Permission denied").
>
>What should I do, to get a clean new install?

This subject is really off-topic for this list.  The "cygwin time machine"
is not a service supported by this list.  As mentioned at 
<http://www.fruitbat.org/Cygwin/index.html#cygwincirca>, you want to 
consult doctor AT fruitbat DOT org.



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