X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-SWARE-Spam-Status:	No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
Message-ID:	<4ACE4D64.5060803@cygwin.com>
Date:	Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:36:52 -0400
From:	"Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Reply-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
User-Agent:	Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: wise way to install cygwin packages
References:	<ed4892840910070541u69226e47nff1b6a8012fa235d AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20091008002529 DOT 4236cfd1 AT travel> <4ACD6F69 DOT 20806 AT cygwin DOT com> <20091008064034 DOT 26a9f089 AT corel> <20091008134630 DOT GC14389 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <ed4892840910081013m58202d14ib42d5490f1688593 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
In-Reply-To:	<ed4892840910081013m58202d14ib42d5490f1688593@mail.gmail.com>
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
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 10/08/2009 01:13 PM, Steven Woody wrote:
> But I think even not involve in any new design or a new command line
> option,  the current GUI still have a place to improve.  To me, the
> big problem is, when I can not change a package's state directly into
> 'uninstall' without going through other states such as a version
> number state 'nn.nn.nn'.  When I have to go through the version number
> state (as necessary middle step according to current GUI installer
> design), I actually automatically re-select (or re-active) other
> packages that depend on this package I am operating on,  this is not I
> expect and indeed create troubles.

This is also a well known and well discussed issue.  The only thing missing
is a (current?) patch.

-- 
Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
216 Dalton Rd.                          (508) 893-9889 - FAX
Holliston, MA 01746

_____________________________________________________________________

A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

--
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

- Raw text -