On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Ralph Hempel <rhem...@bmts.com> wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> It's on my todo list to get rid of the GUI pop-up from setup.exe when >> -P is used. I know that won't make it like rpm/yum/apt/dpkg/emerge. > > Not to put too fine a point on it but ... if I ever want to uninstall > a package (rarely) here's what I do: > > 1. Rename my current Cyginw (1.7) directory to something else > > 2. Use the commandline -P option to install that packages I > actually want. Not too hard since I just have to modify a > constantly changing list of those packages. > > 3. Copy my config and user files from the old install to the > new install > > Basically, install everything _but_ what I want to install.
so, to uninstall 1 package, what you did is actually download the other 99 packages? > > While this approach may not be ideal, it works. Yes, it's > onerous to have to copy the config and user files over, but that > foces me to think long and hard about where I put config and > user files to make that job easier...and I don't have to use > the GUI :-) > > Ralph > > -- > 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 > > -- Life is the only flaw in an otherwise perfect nonexistence -- Schopenhauer narke public key at http://subkeys.pgp.net:11371 (narkewo...@gmail.com) -- 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
