RFC: setup package in Base

cyg Simple cygsimple@gmail.com
Fri Jul 6 13:15:00 GMT 2018


On 7/5/2018 3:26 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Ken Brown writes:
>>> Not sure that when the setup package is upgraded, setup will be able
>>> to remove itself, though.
>>
>> I've just tested this, and in fact the running setup doesn't remove itself.
> 
> It would have scared me if it did.
> 

A scheme I've used for this is to rename the executable files and then
mark them for delete on close.  This moves the file name out of the way
for a new file of the same name.

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cyg Simple



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