Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Herb Martin" To: Subject: RE: SETUP: In-use files have been replaced Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:53:25 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <43557BB5.265EAD70@dessent.net> Message-ID: X-Sign-LQC: HerbM@learnquick.com/2005-10-18 18:53:34/=ghevhcjx > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Brian Dessent > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 5:48 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: SETUP: In-use files have been replaced > > Herb Martin wrote: > > > Wouldn't we also need to stop all Shells or any other > CygWin process? > > Yes, of course. > > > And: If there are not CygWin processes (services, shells, > other apps) > > is it considered a bug if Setup cannot complete the update? > > What do you mean "cannot complete the update"? Setup should > always be able to perform the updates, but if files are in > use it will have to schedule them to be replaced on the next > reboot. There is nothing it can do about this as it's a > restriction of the windows filesystem. The context of the discussion was in use files requiring a reboot to complete the update so (obviously) I mean: Would it be considered a bug if all CygWin services, shells, and apps are shutdown but a reboot is still required by Setup? > > I had to use source to compile a module with different from default > > options. > > > > How can that module be installed so that Setup will STOP trying to > > replace it? > > Don't use the same location as the packaged version. Oddly enough, I didn't do that (for accidental reasons) and suspected that my mistake was in NOT using the download location. > > (...and thus not need me to uncheck the item, or ensure it is > > unchecked, on each run of Setup. > > If you replace a packaged file with one of your own, you will > almost certainly encounter problems at some later point. All > package management systems work this way, which is why you > must use the designated locations (/usr/local, /opt, etc.) or > otherwise inform the package system of your desire (for > example, debian/apt has > "diversions".) You will have the same thing happen on a > linux system if you replace a file in /usr/lib with a > self-compiled one. So what is the method to teach Setup that the file has been updated. The versions are the same LEVEL/source, but my version has been specially (switches/settings) make compiled. -- Herb Martin -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/