X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:47:05 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Updated cygwin dlls cause unnecessary reboot on NT Message-ID: <20061226064704.GA6923@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <458EE598.3010404@aim.com> <458F31B1.6050804@byu.net> <458F81CC.3090500@tlinx.org> <458FDC4E.9040505@cygwin.com> <458FEC2E.70705@tlinx.org> <45902BC4.50803@tlinx.org> <4590BD4E.5020905@cygwin.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4590BD4E.5020905@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 01:12:30AM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >On 12/25/2006, Linda Walsh wrote: >>FWIW, I have replaced the libs like cygwin1.dll, cygintl?.dll... and >>such while cygwin is running and not had a catastrophe as one might >>have trying to overwrite/update the memory image of a kernel >>dynamically, so I don't think it's quite all the end of the world you >>make it out to be. But I admit it doesn't sound clean. > >It's more than that regardless of your (lucky) experiences. It is that >way for a reason, whether or not you know or understand it. However, >if your short-cut works well for you in your usage, more power to you. >It can't be advocated as a general solution for cygwin1.dll though. > >It's also worthwhile to note that the Cygwin web site still states that >"The Cygwin DLL works with all non-beta, non "release candidate", ix86 >32 bit versions of Windows since Windows 95, with the exception of >Windows CE." So regardless of how XP and later platforms may handle DLL >replacements, 'setup.exe' still needs to handle the cases prior to the >more advanced techniques you mention. For now, that means 'setup.exe' >works as it always has, until someone offers a patch to make it more >discriminating. That someone could be you! ;-) Such an optimist... cgf -- 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/