On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Marco Atzeri <> wrote: > --- Mer 30/6/10, Jim Lawson ha scritto: > >> > I still have this kind of problem. Does anyone know is >> it should be so? >> > More info: >> > 1) gcc: C compiler upgrade helper - version 3.4.4.999 >> > 2) glib: Gnome C function library (1.2 sources) - >> version 1.2.10-10 >> > 3) libgnomecanvas2: GNOME canvas widget library >> (sources) - version 2.26.0-1 >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Sergey Ivanov <icegood1980 at gmail dot >> com> >> > Date: 2010/1/30 >> > Subject: Intgrity fails? >> > To: cygwin@cygwin.com >> > >> > For about last month i still have troubles after >> "downloading without >> > installing" from ftp.kernel.org: >> > "partial view" newer empty - there are still 3 >> packages: >> > 1) gcc: C compiler upgrade helper >> > 2) glib: Gnome C function library (1.2 sources) - why >> actually sources >> > if only "bin" checked... >> > 3) libgnomecanvas2: GNOME canvas widget library >> (sources) >> > -- >> > King regards, >> > Sergey Ivanov >> >> >> >> > Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:44:47 -0400 >> > Message-ID: <aanlktil1oq5k1yfoebwkwlysis_lmzxchst53vwfm...@mail.gmail.com> >> > Subject: Incomplete downloads reported across several >> mirrors >> > From: Gregg Levine <gregg dot drwho8 at gmail dot >> com> >> > >> > Hello!I've been trying to update this 1.7.5 release of >> Cygwin since 11AM >> > EDT, based on the multiple announcements of updated >> packages. Each >> > time I select a mirror and select those packages I >> want to update, the >> > process starts. >> > >> > It continues up to some particular point, and then I >> get the >> > incomplete download box, and the program wants me to >> try again. During >> > the first phase of this attempted update I was working >> in an area that >> > has had the rumors of a poorly configured proxy >> server, although the >> > information of how this server was configured was >> never told to me. >> > (Customer who has an IT department that sometimes >> resembles the >> > Anarchists Football League complete with clones of >> each of their >> > favorite stars.) >> > >> > Eventually after several repeated tries there, I >> waited until a few >> > minutes ago here, and decided to try again. This time >> it happened >> > again with the addition of the mirror based at the >> Open Software >> > repository at the Oregon State University. >> > ----- >> > Gregg C Levine gregg dot drwho8 at gmail dot com >> > "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and >> again." >> >> I suspect these problems may be due to a broken setup.ini >> file. The setup.ini file on mirrors.kernel.org (as of >> 6/29/10) seems to indicate that libgnomecanvas2 is a >> source-only package (it doesn't have an "install:" stanza), >> but other packages are dependent on it. setup.exe tries to >> install it to satisfy the dependencies but download_one() >> exits without success since the packagesource::sitestype >> iterator has nothing to iterate. >> >> Manually setting it to "Skip" in the "Gnome" category >> allows the process to complete, albeit with a warning >> message about the dependency. > > gcc and glib are empty package, > > from setup.ini > install: release/gcc/gcc-3.4.4-999.tar.bz2 46 > install: release/GNOME/glib/glib-1.2.10-10.tar.bz2 46 > > a 46 byte package is an empty bzipped tar file. > > They are there to allow the pull of other packages, > unfortunately setup forget to tick them and reinstall them > every time. > > libgnomecanvas2 is the source package of > libgnomecanvas2-devel > libgnomecanvas2_0 > > I see no package requiring it, all dependency are for > libgnomecanvas2_0 > > Marco > > Hello! It's been five days so far. And naturally there were some updates created since then. I decided to see if the problem was still present. (Whatever it was.) And it is gone. Completely. I was able to update my installation.
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