Thanks for the guidance. But: yes, I refer to a provider on the list of
mirrors found in setup.exe; and yes, I realise the difficulty to ensure
consistency and the urge to put responsibilities on mirror owners. Some
mechanism of mirror authorisation is in my opinion needed.
Is the original distribution available to common users? Or at least
details of the contents? If not, I have no reference system and cannot
identify derivations?
Do remember that the impressions left by inconsistencies will stick also
on the original -- which is actually fair.
Jørgen
On 01/02/2011 17:40, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
On 2/1/2011 11:26 AM, Jørgen Steensgaard wrote:
On 01/02/2011 16:45, marco atzeri wrote:
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Jørgen Steensgaard wrote:
<snip>
So: please give me some advice on where to find a provider of all
packages
and preferably also some about how packages have been tested for
completeness.
any mirror should contain all the packages.
I agree that this should be the case, but experience that it is not. The
absence of X and xinit from one provider and presence in another is
more than
annoying.
The problem you see is more likely due to the fact that libjpeg62 is
an obsolete package,
So to see it on the "select packages" window list you need to unset
"hide obsolete packages" in the left down corner of the window .
Thank you for a hint to work around this particular situation. My main
objective is to discuss distribution consistency.
As you know, you get Cygwin from a mirror. Mirrors are not controlled by
cygwin.com. So if you're having trouble with a mirror or its content,
it's best to contact the mirror provider directly. Otherwise you can email
Cygwin's sourcemaster. But before doing any of that, please make sure that
the mirror you're choosing is on the list of active mirrors. You can find
the list of active mirrors (which 'setup.exe' references) along with
details
of how it's maintained here:
<http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html>
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