Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-29 Thread Dave Korn
Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote: > --- On Sat, 3/14/09, Dave Korn wrote: > >> Nuzhna, you didn't mention what the two other apps are, >> but VPN software has been known to cause problems in the >> past. What is the other stuff you have installed? > > The only two apps on the machine are Bloomberg and Redi

Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-29 Thread Greg Chicares
On 2009-03-29 23:51Z, Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote: > > I have been fighting this for another two weeks with no > progress whatsoever. Does any documentation exist that > describes the least painful way to reinstall everything > (specifically including what I should back up)? I also > would place a high

Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-29 Thread Nuzhna Pomoshch
--- On Sat, 3/14/09, Dave Korn wrote: > Nuzhna, you didn't mention what the two other apps are, > but VPN software has been known to cause problems in the > past.  What is the other stuff you have installed? The only two apps on the machine are Bloomberg and Redi. > Also, please grab a set of

Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-13 Thread Dave Korn
Mark Geisert wrote: > Nuzhna Pomoshch writes: >> --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Dave Korn wrote: >>> It sounds very much like BLODA interference: >> I run absolutely no anti-virus (or firewall) on that machine. > > Please consider reading up on BLODA; although anti-virus is the most common > form > of B

Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-13 Thread Mark Geisert
Nuzhna Pomoshch writes: > --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Dave Korn wrote: Please don't quote raw email addresses. It only feeds the spammers. > > It sounds very much like BLODA interference: > > your on-access anti-virus scanner may have kept an open > > handle on it after setup.exe had closed its own.=A

Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-13 Thread Nuzhna Pomoshch
--- On Wed, 3/11/09, Dave Korn wrote: > It sounds very much like BLODA interference: > your on-access anti-virus scanner may have kept an open > handle on it after setup.exe had closed its own.=A0 It's > known to occasionally happen with some AVs. I run absolutely no anti-virus (or firewall) on

Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-12 Thread Vin Shelton
Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote: Back to my problem. Even if I had cygwin processes running, "Continue" should complete the install (though require a reboot). Why does it think there are running processes, and how can I fix it? Just FYI - when installing 1.7 on a new machine I ran into problems when I

Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-11 Thread Dave Steenburgh
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Tim McDaniel wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Nuzhna Pomoshch > wrote: >> >> During a recent upgrade of about a dozen packages, I saw >> the  Cygwin setup window progress normally ("deleting >> package xyz..."), and then up popped a window that said: >> >> "In-use

RE: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-11 Thread Mike Marchywka
> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:00:56 + > From: reliable sources > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use") > > Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote: > >> "In-use files detected" >> >>

Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-11 Thread Dave Korn
Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote: > "In-use files detected" > > "Unable to extract /etc/postinstall/bash.sh -- the file is > in use. This is thoroughly bizarre. Nothing should be opening that file except setup.exe itself (either when creating it or when invoking bash to run it after installation is com

Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-10 Thread Nuzhna Pomoshch
--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Tim McDaniel wrote: > There can be processes running that you can't see > easily. I know there can be, but there aren't. > Anyway, on my current system, even if I have closed all > Bash windows and Emacs windows and and and, it is still > running ssh-agent.exe. > Also, in

Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-10 Thread Tim McDaniel
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote: During a recent upgrade of about a dozen packages, I saw the Cygwin setup window progress normally ("deleting package xyz..."), and then up popped a window that said: "In-use files detected" "Unable to extract /etc/postinstall/bash.sh -- the file is

Upgrade woes ("file in use")

2009-03-10 Thread Nuzhna Pomoshch
During a recent upgrade of about a dozen packages, I saw the Cygwin setup window progress normally ("deleting package xyz..."), and then up popped a window that said: "In-use files detected" "Unable to extract /etc/postinstall/bash.sh -- the file is in use. Please stop all Cygwin processes and