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From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: setup - feature change request
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 01:42:29 -0500
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> hi!
>
> the cygwin-setup supports overwriting of used files by rebooting the
> machine. that's nice, but i don't want to restart my machine cause i
> forgot to close my bash or there's one bash.exe hanging.
>
> could you change this to display a message-box so the user can decide
> whether he wants to reboot or just retry (after terminating some processes).
>
> you could even try to monitor the processes using the file (you will not
> find many setups that do that, cause it's very complicated, and i don't
> really expect that)
>

I just installed some software the other day that did exactly that (tell you
which progs to close) and it is an extremely nice feature.  I think there's
quite a few things to do though before we get to that level of sophistication.
A simple retry though would probably make a good weekend project for an
industrious soul.

Maybe we can get Paul to do it.... ;-)

--
Gary R. Van Sickle
Brewer.  Patriot.




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