X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4B4A3918.4020005@byu.net> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:31:20 -0700 From: Eric Blake User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090812 Thunderbird/2.0.0.23 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Update problems References: <4B46A4C3.2000803@cygwin.com> <4B47986F.2020609@t-online.de> <4B47B3FA.1010101@cygwin.com> <4B47DBAE.5000901@monai.ca> <20100109100941.GL23992@calimero.vinschen.de> <4B4A1032.9030201@monai.ca> <20100110192728.GC24855@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> In-Reply-To: <20100110192728.GC24855@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig58895B66B3B07D7B3CFA2EFB" X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 --------------enig58895B66B3B07D7B3CFA2EFB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable According to Christopher Faylor on 1/10/2010 12:27 PM: > This idea has been put forth many times since that time. The fact that > it isn't implemented means that either 1) It's more difficult than you > anticipate or 2) No one thinks its a good idea. And here's one reason why. Newer versions of cygwin1.dll introduce new entry points. But suppose you are updating cygwin1.dll and bash at the same time. If the new bash depends on one of those new entry points, but the old cygwin1.dll is still in operation, then the replace-on-reboot won't save the fact that the new bash won't work until the reboot. Really, it is better to stop ALL things cygwin, do the upgrade, and not worry about those interactions. --=20 Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net --------------enig58895B66B3B07D7B3CFA2EFB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktKOR0ACgkQ84KuGfSFAYCoogCfSRgXBzrUkqXw2L7uW9BOLaSa 2joAn0hLwsqX72gHr2PKBsxxEeY+ndZr =NBrM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig58895B66B3B07D7B3CFA2EFB--