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From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: cygwin-setup & rebaseall
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:40:51 +0100
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Satish Balay wrote:

> Doesn't setup have similar problem with updating 'packages' for
> running apps? I think it prompts for a reboot to complete. So I'm
> guessing the same approach can be used when it needs a rebase.

  It's not as straightforward as all that.  The facility to update a file on
reboot is built into the windows OS, setup.exe just makes use of it.  There
is no facility to rebase a file on reboot built into windows!


    cheers,
      DaveK
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