xfree86 install makes wininit not working

[Robert Collins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Hunt [mailto:huntharo@msu.edu] 
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:15 AM

> Robert may want to comment on whether this method is used or 
> not in setup.exe.

It is. Long file names are used there as well. Works like a dream.
 
> 2) Attempt to move each file individually; upon failure, add 

This is what we do. If an app is performing open-read-close on lots of
small files and we collide, well uhmm, oops.
 
> I'm guessing that Cygwin's setup.exe uses a method similar to 
> the method I described in (1), but I'll wait for Robert to 
> comment on this.  Perhaps Cygwin's setup.exe should consider 
> using a method similar to (2), if it doesn't already.
> 
> In related news: I think I'm going to hold off on making any 
> wide-spread announcements about Cygwin/XFree86 being 
> available via setup.exe.  I'm not comfortable with the 
> installation process causing several minute delays in 
> starting the PC and in the possibility of the wininit.ini 
> becoming too large or not preserving long filenames.

Ok. I'm not sure what we can do about it on win9x though. Maybe we just
want to fail noisily?

Rob