Re: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-15 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Robert Collins wrote: 2) Include in the FAQ (or somewhere) a section on How to Safely Update the Cygwin dll. Probably just shut down all cygwin apps, including daemons, but it would be useful to know for sure. The next release of setup.exe automatically address's this and will replace

Re: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-15 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 02:58 PM 3/15/2002, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Robert Collins wrote: 2) Include in the FAQ (or somewhere) a section on How to Safely Update the Cygwin dll. Probably just shut down all cygwin apps, including daemons, but it would be useful to know for sure. The next release of setup.exe

Re: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-15 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: At 02:58 PM 3/15/2002, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Robert Collins wrote: 2) Include in the FAQ (or somewhere) a section on How to Safely Update the Cygwin dll. Probably just shut down all cygwin apps, including daemons, but it would be useful to know for

Re: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-15 Thread Chris January
2) Include in the FAQ (or somewhere) a section on How to Safely Update the Cygwin dll. Probably just shut down all cygwin apps, including daemons, but it would be useful to know for sure. The next release of setup.exe automatically address's this and will replace in-use .dll's. Really?

RE: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-15 Thread Robert Collins
-Original Message- From: Chris January [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 10:34 AM But that doesn't really replace the current DLL. IOW the changes are not effective until one reboots. Personally I find this a crummy way to do things but perhaps

Re: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-15 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 12:48:41PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: -Original Message- From: Chris January [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 10:34 AM But that doesn't really replace the current DLL. IOW the changes are not effective until one reboots.

RE: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-15 Thread Robert Collins
-Original Message- From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:29 PM No its not - a rename operation on a memorymapped file fails. It's under win16 *cough* win9x-Me that memorymapped files can be renamed or deleted. It works fine on

cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-14 Thread felixmendelssohnn
Here are a couple of suggestions for making the cygwin.com website more helpful. 1) Include the current version number of setup.exe on the front page. Otherwise, there is no way for the infrequent visitor to the website to know if setup.exe has been updated other than to re-download and run

RE: cygwin.com suggestions

2002-03-14 Thread Robert Collins
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here are a couple of suggestions for making the cygwin.com website more helpful. Thanks for your suggestions, feedback on them in-line. 1) Include the current version number of setup.exe on the front page. Otherwise, there is no