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Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 00:51:05 -0500
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: for the brave
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Robert Collins wrote:

> ===
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
> 
>>Hmmm....W2K it reports "REplaced in use file -- you need to reboot" or
>>some such.  BUT: I had no cygwin processes running.
>>   a) what file did it THINK was in use?
>>
> 
> I'll look at providing more detail in the future. Also an option 'do you
> want to continue, or close programs and retry' could be useful.
> 
> 
>>   b) why did it erroneously thing so?
>>
> 
> Check the .full log. You'll see a error about being unable to open a
> particular file for writing - that's the file it thought was in use.


Too late.  I use the same local repository to update two different 
systems.  It's been overwritten.

 
>>On the plus side, it accurately upgraded my system from readline-4.2
>>
> to
> 
>>readline-4.2a/libreadline5-4.2a/libreadline4-4.1 all-at-once.  (The
>>older version would've screwed that up unless I did the two-step
>>
> shuffle)
> 
> *bow*.


Oops -- more problems.  I can't "install from local directory".  Setup 
whines that it is "Unable to get setup.ini from setup.ini" (??)

--Chuck