wise way to install cygwin packages

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

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.

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