Junichi Uekawa wrote:
I've had an impression that Windows does not allow overwriting of files when files are in use, making dpkg essentially impossible.
That is the reason for the required reboot on installation of new software. There are ways to make the OS replace files on reboot.
Windows applications use the chance of rebooting to copy files that are previously used; thus dpkg and apt will probably need to use Windows reboots to get applications upgraded.
Yes, but only if the file is open in the first place. Perhaps a special dpkg binary that executes on reboot that moves files from a temporary folder to the installation location. It could either be registered to always run or registered to run and remove itself from the registry.
Earnie. -- http://www.mingw.org <http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw>