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. -- Spiro R. Trikaliotis http://opencbm.sf.net/ http://www.trikaliotis.net/ http://www.viceteam.org/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
