Re: setup-1.7.exe replace on boot. Was it deprecated?

[Robert Pendell <shinji at elite-systems dot org>]

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        ÂDisable replacing in-use files
> on next
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 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
shinji@elite-systems.org
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