Python 2.2 unwise.exe

Tim Peters tim.one at comcast.net
Tue Apr 16 22:59:39 EDT 2002


[Bengt Richter]
> ...
> If so, you could just specify reboot after uninstall before the
> next install as a fix, I would think.

Rebooting Windows is a PITA for users, and if someone is confused enough to
try to uninstall Python while they're using Python, I'd rather they get a
complaint from Wise.  That is, silent deletion of in-use files is a dubious
idea for Python anyway, and that it tickles a Wise bug (Wise uses a
different mechanism to get rid of UNWISE.EXE -- they shouldn't be trying to
do a redundant at-reboot delete of this specific file) nails it for me.






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