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> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:03:00 +0000
> From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> 
> On further reflection: Since "make install" will overwrite the install
> program, we can't use ginstall. It can't overwrite itself with another
> executable, when it's running. So it has to use install-sh. I will update the
> installation instructions to say that you have to run "make install" from
> bash.

It should also be possible to do this from a normal DOS prompt:

   sh -c 'make install'

Alternatively, we could invent some trick to be put into ginstall's
sources that would work around the problem in a way Unix systems do.
Perhaps the new fd_props feature could help (via the delete-on-close
feature)?

Btw, do I understand correctly that the problem only happens on
Windows?  IIRC, DOS doesn't care if you overwrite a running program's
executable file on disk.