On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Shaddy Baddah wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if the replace on boot feature in setup was deprecated > with setup-1.7.exe? I am trying to do an install via the following > command-line: > > /cygdrive/d/Temp/setup-1.7 -L -r /cygdrive/c/cygwin-1.7 -l > /cygdrive/d/cygwin-1.7-downloads -P rsync -q > > as an Administrator user on Windows XP (so no privilege elevation > issues, as far as I am aware). I am getting the following errors: > > Installing file cygfile:///usr/bin/cygwin1.dll > io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/usr/bin/cygwin1.dll) failed 13 Permission denied > Failed to open cygfile:///usr/bin/cygwin1.dll for writing. > Not replacing in-use file cygfile:///usr/bin/cygwin1.dll > > Now according to the command line options: > > -r --no-replaceonreboot Disable replacing in-use files > on next > reboot. > > replace on boot can be turned "off", if I had specified -r, which I > hadn't. That suggests that it is "on" by default. Shouldn't setup be > writing to a .replace, or such, suffixed file for replace on boot? > > Regards, > Shaddy > >
Actually you are if you look at your command line again. Try this version of it. /cygdrive/d/Temp/setup-1.7 -L /cygdrive/c/cygwin-1.7 -l /cygdrive/d/cygwin-1.7-downloads -P rsync -q Note the lacking -r in this version. Robert Pendell shi...@elite-systems.org CAcert Assurer "A perfect world is one of chaos." -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
