chocolatey / chocolatey/choco

Support upgrading Cygwin packages

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Description

Cygwin setup supports `--upgrade-also` (see https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.setup.cli) which allows Cygwin to perform an unattended upgrade of all installed packages.

```
choco upgrade -s=cygwin all
```

Related to #1355

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the Cygwin setup documentation linked in the issue and inspect the behavior of `choco upgrade -s=cygwin all`. Review linked pull request #1807 before starting, since it is already working on this issue. Done means the command supports unattended upgrading of all installed Cygwin packages.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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