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Subject:	RE: setup.exe and inuse files for X
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Date:	Fri, 3 May 2002 09:58:28 +1000
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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>,
	"Cygwin-Xfree" <cygwin-xfree AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Corinna Vinschen [mailto:cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com] 
> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 1:44 AM
> To: CygWin Apps; Cygwin-Xfree
> Subject: Re: setup.exe and inuse files for X
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 04:58:36PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> > I think I've got a handle on this... looks like read only 
> (-r--r--r--) 
> > files don't delete properly, so setup fails to overwrite them.
> > 
> > Patches gratefully accepted, it's going in the TODO for now.
> 
> I recall having sent a patch for this a few months ago to the 
> cygwin-apps list...

Yes. And I had implemented similar code. (Including the
SetFileAttributes call).

I'm not sure why it is still failing to do what it should. 

Rob

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