On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 at 07:50, Brian Inglis via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On 2023-11-16 00:03, Martin Wege wrote: > > This is not helpful. Cygwin setup-x86-64.exe not being able to update, > > because SOMETHING is locking cygwin1.dll is in the top 50 of your IT > > support, right followed by the question of IT support whether > > "updating to WSL" will solve the situation for them permanently. > > > There may be critical or just really long Cygwin processes running that > should > not be killed because somebody wants to upgrade. > > Shutting down processes, including services, has to be left to the users > or sys > admins who understand whether the circumstances are suitable to kill > processes > to do an upgrade. > I actually agree with both of you to an extent. However I would like to suggest the correct enchancement here would be for setup to check for any running cygwin processes and then barf a warning onto the user, referncing the appropriate documentation, before allowing them to proceed. Kind regards -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
