Wineboot

[Alberto Massari]

At 21.16 12/12/2002 +0100, Joerg Mayer wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 11:14:43AM -0500, Dimitrie O. Paun wrote:
> > Hmm, that message is a bit out of contest. It _is_ an external utility that
> > does the reboot (it's the wineboot utility), the problem is when to invoke
> > it.
>
>Just wondering: Why is the reboot needed? Just because M$ does it or
>are there valid reasons for Wine to reboot as well? What are these reasons?
>Can they be fixed? Should they be fixed?

The "reboot" in question is not the reboot of the Linux machine, it should 
be a command that executes the operation done by Windows upon startup.
The need comes from APIs like MoveFileEx (when a special flag is used to 
say "move or delete this file when the system starts, so I am sure this 
file is not in use"), and from registry settings like Run and RunOnce.

Ciao,
Alberto


>  Ciao
>     Jörg
>
>--
>Joerg Mayer                                          <jmayer at loplof.de>
>I found out that "pro" means "instead of" (as in proconsul). Now I know
>what proactive means.