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Re: setup.exe and "in-use-file"
Rolf Campbell wrote:
> Charles Wilson wrote:
>> Sven Köhler wrote:
>>
>>> i know that this feature has been requested many many times!
>> I don't know that. In fact, I can't recall this specific popup
>> window EVER being requested, except as a possible proposal to solve
>> a problem (but the problem was solved using a different method):
>> There was some discussion about the problems setup PREVIOUSLY had
>> updating a system when cygwin progs were running, and various
>> solutions were proposed at that time. One of the proposed solutions
>> was to do the popup thing as you descibe; another proposed solution
>> was to use the standard Windows method of replacing in-use files:
>> schedule them to be replaced on next-reboot, and ask the user "ok to
>> reboot?" at setup's conclusion. The latter solution was chosen.
> Well, let me be the 2nd person to request this feature.
>
> BTW: why would anyone want replace on reboot? Isn't it more
> dangerous/annoying (under 99% of all situations) than any other
> option?
Ah, I often wondered why Microsoft use replace on reboot, it's obviously
just to be dangerous and annoy us ;-)
Peter S Tillier
"Who needs perl when you can write dc, sokoban,
arkanoid and an unlambda interpreter in sed?"
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