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Subject:	Re: Setup 2.693 unable to replace files through reboot
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On Apr  6 14:24, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 07:23:08PM +0300, Matthias Andree wrote:
> >Greetings,
> >
> >I have observed multiple times, and reproduced, that Setup 2.693  
> >overwriting "in-use files" and rebooting WILL NOT replace those in-use  
> >files. Notably cygwin1.dll.
> >
> >Windows 7 Pro, 32-bit, with 4 cygrunsrv services (exim, cron, cygserver,  
> >sshd).
> >
> >Reproduce:
> >
> >1. stop services
> >2. install some cygwin1.dll with a distinct version that you can recognize  
> > from "uname -a" (in my case, snapshot 20100331)
> >3. start services
> >4. launch setup.exe (version 2.693)
> >5. pick cygwin-1.7.3-1 for Reinstall
> >6. next/continue until...
> >7. setup.exe complains about files in use - cygwin1.dll, retry/continue  
> >(continue requires reboot)
> >8. click continue
> >9. setup completes, reminds me to reboot
> >10. reboot
> >11. uname -a still shows cygwin1.dll 20100331 is in use.
> >
> >What's up? Can I help to debug this?
> 
> It works fine on Windows XP.  I can't test Windows 7 easily.  Corinna
> do you have time to test this?

I'll have a look.


Corinna

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