On Apr 6 14:24, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 07:23:08PM +0300, Matthias Andree wrote: > >Greetings, > > > >I have observed multiple times, and reproduced, that Setup 2.693 > >overwriting "in-use files" and rebooting WILL NOT replace those in-use > >files. Notably cygwin1.dll. > > > >Windows 7 Pro, 32-bit, with 4 cygrunsrv services (exim, cron, cygserver, > >sshd). > > > >Reproduce: > > > >1. stop services > >2. install some cygwin1.dll with a distinct version that you can recognize > > from "uname -a" (in my case, snapshot 20100331) > >3. start services > >4. launch setup.exe (version 2.693) > >5. pick cygwin-1.7.3-1 for Reinstall > >6. next/continue until... > >7. setup.exe complains about files in use - cygwin1.dll, retry/continue > >(continue requires reboot) > >8. click continue > >9. setup completes, reminds me to reboot > >10. reboot > >11. uname -a still shows cygwin1.dll 20100331 is in use. > > > >What's up? Can I help to debug this? > > It works fine on Windows XP. I can't test Windows 7 easily. Corinna > do you have time to test this?
I'll have a look. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
