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Re: do package updates automatically kill running exes?
- From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko at nexgo dot de>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:28:42 +0200
- Subject: Re: do package updates automatically kill running exes?
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Jon TURNEY writes:
> I don't understand why you need to do anything over and above what
> setup already does.
Read on.
> Setup cannot replace /usr/bin/fish.exe while there is a running
> process with it loaded, and will request permission to kill those
> processes before trying to replace it (and if denied, schedule a
> replacement for the next reboot)
His problem is that the process he wants to have killed has its
executable deleted, not replaced (/usr/bin/fishd.exe). I haven't tested
it, but I would guess that setup would need to kill it anyway because it
could not be deleted while it was running.
Regards,
Achim.
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