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Re: Uninstall packages/dependecies
- From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: axd6491 at njit dot edu, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 17:22:29 -0400
- Subject: Re: Uninstall packages/dependecies
- References: <20040408194843.17371.qmail@web10004.mail.yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: Cygwin List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
At 03:48 PM 4/8/2004, you wrote:
>I'm curious if there is a way to force the setup.exe to disable
>automatic dependecies and automatic package upgrade/selection. It
>makes it quite inconvient when trying to uninstall many packages from
>the system (whole categories), but when clicking on a few stray ones
>(to set to skip/uninstall) it automatically checks a ton more.
Do you have a specific example of this?
>In
>some cases, I am completely unable to install certain packages due to
>cyclic dependencies. Is there a workaround or other solution
>available?
AFAIK, dependencies are only enforced when you select something for
the purposes of installing. So a concrete example would be helpful
here. Your /var/log/setup.log.full might be useful to see as well,
assuming it corresponds to the session where you notice the problems
you're reporting.
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