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Re: Replacing setup.exe and cygcheck with dpkg (Was: Re: cygcheck typo in both manpage and --help)


Hello,

* On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 09:45:39PM -0400 Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 12:42:31AM +0100, Sjors Gielen wrote:
> > (Since 1.7 already fixes the problem of installing running programs,
> 
> Color me dubious.  How did you solve the problem of installing cygwin over
> a running version of cygwin?

You can replace a running exe (or dll) by doing the following:

1. rename the .DLL or .EXE

2. put the new .DLL or .EXE into place

Once the program holding the .DLL or .EXE quits, you can remove the
renamed versions. This can be done on the next boot, for example.

Best regards,
Spiro.

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Spiro R. Trikaliotis                              http://opencbm.sf.net/
http://www.trikaliotis.net/                     http://www.viceteam.org/

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