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Subject:	RE: Suggestion: Have setup.exe warn before upgrading 'cgywin' package itself
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> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:46:12 -0800
> Subject: Suggestion: Have setup.exe warn before upgrading 'cgywin' packag=
e itself
>=20
>=20
> Currently when upgrading the base 'cygwin' package, the installer only wa=
rns
> you midway through the installation after some files have been
> removed/replaced.
>=20
> If you have other cygwin processes running, you may be left in an incompl=
ete
> state where you can't or don't want to kill the other cygwin processes
> leaving you stuck in the middle of install while you wait to be able to
> finish or kill the existing cygwin processes. Even worse, several core
> cygwin utilities are now broken (such as 'ps') due to the partial install.
>=20
> I have done this inadvertently a couple of times when 'cygwin' gets thrown
> in as a part of another intentioned download.
>=20
> Today I was left in an even odder state since I ran 'setup.exe' from a ba=
sh
> prompt -- leaving me in a catch-22 since if I kill the bash processes the=
n I
> kill setup but I can't continue until I kill the bash processes...

If you buy the retail box version, it says right on the front cover don't d=
o that.
=20
:-)
=20
...Karl
=20=20=09=09=20=09=20=20=20=09=09=20=20
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