Re: Cygwin 1.7 setup on Win7 fails with "Unable to extract /etc/ -- the file is in use."

under 1.5 and I was having a problem with sshd+1.5+Win7, I'm not sure what else to do but ask here. If 1.7 just isn't ready for even casual use, that would be a fair answer, too. I realize it's a beta. Thanks, Alex - Original Message From: Alexander Quinn To: cygwin@

Cygwin 1.7 setup on Win7 fails with "Unable to extract /etc/ -- the file is in use."

When I try to install the latest Cygwin 1.7.0-64 beta on Windows 7 (x86 RTM Enterprise build 7600), it downloads correctly, but then I get the error "Unable to extract /etc/ -- the file is in use." Previously, I was using Cygwin 1.5.25-14 on this machine. That installed perfectly the first ti