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Re: setup - feature change request


> > > hi!
> > >
> > > the cygwin-setup supports overwriting of used files by rebooting the
> > > machine. that's nice, but i don't want to restart my machine cause i
> > > forgot to close my bash or there's one bash.exe hanging.
> > >
> > > could you change this to display a message-box so the user can decide
> > > whether he wants to reboot or just retry (after terminating some
processes).
> > >
> > > you could even try to monitor the processes using the file (you will
not
> > > find many setups that do that, cause it's very complicated, and i
don't
> > > really expect that)
> > >
> >
> > I just installed some software the other day that did exactly that (tell
you
> > which progs to close) and it is an extremely nice feature.  I think
there's
> > quite a few things to do though before we get to that level of
sophistication.
> > A simple retry though would probably make a good weekend project for an
> > industrious soul.
Did it *really* do that, because AFAIK it requires a kernel mode driver and
is certainly more than a weekend's work (I should know - I'm doing exactly
the same thing right now). Tracking down a free, licensed copy of cl.exe is
tough, for one... :-)
If it did do this, which program was it?

Chris



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