setup.exe and "in-use-file"
Rolf Campbell
rcampbell@tropicnetworks.com
Mon Apr 14 19:39:00 GMT 2003
Charles Wilson wrote:
> Sven Köhler wrote:
>
>> i know that this feature has been requested many many times!
> I don't know that. In fact, I can't recall this specific popup window
> EVER being requested, except as a possible proposal to solve a problem
> (but the problem was solved using a different method): There was some
> discussion about the problems setup PREVIOUSLY had updating a system
> when cygwin progs were running, and various solutions were proposed at
> that time. One of the proposed solutions was to do the popup thing as
> you descibe; another proposed solution was to use the standard Windows
> method of replacing in-use files: schedule them to be replaced on
> next-reboot, and ask the user "ok to reboot?" at setup's conclusion. The
> latter solution was chosen.
Well, let me be the 2nd person to request this feature.
BTW: why would anyone want replace on reboot? Isn't it more
dangerous/annoying (under 99% of all situations) than any other option?
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