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Jared Silva wrote:
> Larry Hall wrote:
>> That's a very fair assumption.  'setup.exe' knows when you need to reboot
>> in order to complete the latest installation process.  If you ignore the
>> directive to reboot, you may find some or all of Cygwin no longer works.
> 
> Agreed.
> 
>> Rebooting will fix the problem.
> 
> Not necessarily.  These files were all missed during a reboot.
> 
> I usually reboot my PC once per week.  I tend to Hibernate or leave it
> running at the end of the day.  I also run setup.exe multiple times
> per week to check for updates.  There may be some cases where the
> files that need updating are missed.


If that's true, it would be indicative of a bug.  If you're willing to
help track it down, please provide the details of how you reproduce this
situation.


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