At 02:58 PM 3/15/2002, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >Robert Collins wrote: > >>>2) Include in the FAQ (or somewhere) a section on "How to Safely Update the Cygwin >dll". Probably just "shut down all cygwin apps, including daemons", but it would be >useful to know for sure. >>The next release of setup.exe automatically address's this and will >>replace in-use .dll's. > >Really? How does it do that? Because I was under the impression that if a program was >running you cannot replace it's .exe file (or .dll file) because it was opened >exclusively by Windows. How do you get around that?
Same way as Windows installers work. Just schedule the DLL to be moved in after reboot. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
