At 11:28 AM 1/25/2005, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
>current installation (using the "cygwin time machine" mentioned some
>days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
>directory is undeletable.
>
>This is due to some symbolic links from versions of uninstalled programs
>pointing to nowhere (i.e. /usr/autotool/devel/bin/automake, which is a
>symlink to automake-1.9).
>I am able to change owner and permissions of these files to whatever I
>want, but I can not delete them ("Permission denied").
>
>What should I do, to get a clean new install?
This subject is really off-topic for this list. The "cygwin time machine"
is not a service supported by this list. As mentioned at
<http://www.fruitbat.org/Cygwin/index.html#cygwincirca>, you want to
consult [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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