chocolatey / chocolatey/choco

Unable to uninstall package with cygwin source

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Description

### What You Are Seeing?
Error when uninstalling git with cygwin source:
```
Uninstalling the following packages:
git
Cygwin does not implement upgrade
```

### What is Expected?
git should be uninstalled

### How Did You Get This To Happen? (Steps to Reproduce)
`choco uninstall -y git -source cygwin -dv`

### Output Log

GIST LINK - https://gist.github.com/ferm10n/fbf3c5a74771d6c9e91bf89c8e0f3d85

Am I just not using this command correctly? Searches for that error message yielded no results.

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Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reproducing `choco uninstall -y git -source cygwin -dv` and review the uninstall handling for the cygwin source, using the linked debug log as context. Done means the git package is uninstalled successfully instead of reporting that Cygwin does not implement upgrade.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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