Greetings, Tatsuro MATSUOKA!

>>>  On cygwin setup, one has to kill cygwin process to execute autorebase in
>> the
>>>  end of setup process.
>>>  I think it is better to output worning at start stage setup if cygwin
>>>  process running.
>> 
>> I'm not quite sure of the steps you took to come to such conclusion.
>> Can you please explain?
>> 
>>
> Sorry for my inadequate description.
> At postinstall stage, cygwin setup execute
> /etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash,
> this sometimes fails when Cygwin process(es) is(are) alive.
> Acooding to http://cygwin.wikia.com/wiki/Rebaseall,
> we have to kill or stop cygwin porcesses and sevices before rebase.
> This is why I propose that warning messages in pre-install stage in cygwin 
> setup.

Sounds about right.
If there's an existing Cygwin install, it is possible to run ps.exe and see if
it find any running Cygwin processes before attempting an update.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Monday, March 19, 2018 05:54:33

Sorry for my terrible english...

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