for the brave
Charles Wilson
cwilson@ece.gatech.edu
Sun Jan 20 07:20:00 GMT 2002
Robert Collins wrote:
> ===
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
>
>>Hmmm....W2K it reports "REplaced in use file -- you need to reboot" or
>>some such. BUT: I had no cygwin processes running.
>> a) what file did it THINK was in use?
>>
>
> I'll look at providing more detail in the future. Also an option 'do you
> want to continue, or close programs and retry' could be useful.
>
>
>> b) why did it erroneously thing so?
>>
>
> Check the .full log. You'll see a error about being unable to open a
> particular file for writing - that's the file it thought was in use.
Too late. I use the same local repository to update two different
systems. It's been overwritten.
>>On the plus side, it accurately upgraded my system from readline-4.2
>>
> to
>
>>readline-4.2a/libreadline5-4.2a/libreadline4-4.1 all-at-once. (The
>>older version would've screwed that up unless I did the two-step
>>
> shuffle)
>
> *bow*.
Oops -- more problems. I can't "install from local directory". Setup
whines that it is "Unable to get setup.ini from setup.ini" (??)
--Chuck
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