X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:to:from:subject:date:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=NecTR23+y2IW0qQ0 5XVHk4r6EM28sbx3KvDvzeMXPFB7srkaAzUHBWocdNZxNIzIRpbCqEmwSxjIoqrr 6mD9BsM+bzgWaDSglVq0g6spQ9zDPRdo3KjAnJYO+lu4tvGl1oEI0yd8PfxjhG0y 0qKLDpeMG5vMSOnlaFP5mJNJe6g= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:to:from:subject:date:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type; s=default; bh=5JPvK6AZgb6VC5Zj3pET3d JcwOA=; b=JprDfjILaHo22vg6SMew97tXoKLCU94Om337KrHBilP3js4xZMoGYY +H2EvGDq5xMvxn8jPFFFunKXo+g9Wrdh5P3Tj8MhXVgyiyJ9lIZmOfRMJSNWflrb yrT217Z0DPE5c9lhpK9R+NZkoVW8FveOqGJ+JHQipKsWb5fnFa3tQ= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: plane.gmane.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Achim Gratz Subject: Re: Reduce noise in dependency declaration during uninstall in setup.exe Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:57:44 +0100 Lines: 18 Message-ID: <87ha8ueg2v.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <52DF0B86 DOT 5030402 AT etr-usa DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-IsSubscribed: yes Warren Young writes: > I've run into this after installing everything yesterday for my "size > of Cygwin" research project. Now I'm trying to remove most of that > piece by piece, but I keep getting tangled in dependency webs. In that case (and unrelated to the problem you noted with setup.exe) you might just look up which packages were installed since you've started that experiment (ls -lrt /etc/setup) and uninstall all of those past that date threshold. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Samples for the Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldSamplesExtra -- 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