X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:53:14 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: installer improvements Message-ID: <20100408145314.GA29189@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com 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 -- 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