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Re: when two packages depend on eachother, it's impossible to uninstall them


On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Darryl Miles wrote:

> Dave Korn wrote:
> > On 12 August 2006 20:21, joe trree wrote:
> >   Can you work around this problem by (starting with both at "Keep")
> >
> > -  set first package to "Reinstall"
> > -  set second package to "Reinstall"
> > -  set first package to "Uninstall"
> > -  set second package to "Uninstall"
>
> Maybe it would be intuitive ask the user (by providing a dialogue box
> with package list and count) to implicitly set the Reinstall/Uninstall
> operation on all mutually-dependant packages and their descendants in
> the same operation.
>
> A two button dialog offering "Abort" or "Include".

A simpler solution would be to make the "Uninstall" option precede the
"Reinstall" in the rotator.  It's been discussed before.
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI>.
	Igor
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