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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: rebase-4.1.0-1


On 3/29/2012 04:21, Brian Wilson wrote:
>>> I hope it doesn't leave the system in an unusable state if some DLL is
>>> still in use.
>>
>> I may be wrong but I'm nearly certain that has been Corinna's goal from
>> the start.  She is sometimes just a little too M.  A lot of her
>> seemingly tireless efforts in getting Cygwin working are actually 
>> very subtle attempts to leave systems inoperational.
>>
> 
> LOL
> 
> Yes, I'm sure she's diabolical that way (I guess M stands for methodical or 
> meticulous).  It must be the long nights spent slaving over Cygwin code has 
> warped her thinking into providing helpful things like the automatic rebaseall 
> feature (thank you Corina, your work has not been unappreciated) which has 
> long been needed.
> 
> :) :) :)
> 

I don't know, I'd still feel better if there was an option to make it
not automatic, like providing a new checkbox at the end of setup "Rebase
DLLs after setup completes". It should probably be ticked by default for
most users.

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