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RE: cygwin-setup & rebaseall
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:40:51 +0100
- Subject: RE: cygwin-setup & rebaseall
Satish Balay wrote:
> Doesn't setup have similar problem with updating 'packages' for
> running apps? I think it prompts for a reboot to complete. So I'm
> guessing the same approach can be used when it needs a rebase.
It's not as straightforward as all that. The facility to update a file on
reboot is built into the windows OS, setup.exe just makes use of it. There
is no facility to rebase a file on reboot built into windows!
cheers,
DaveK
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