Thomas Chadwick wrote: > 2 separate questions about customizing the list of mirror URLs in the > cygwin setup.exe program: > > 1) When adding a custom URL, what is the correct syntax to describe > the path to the cygwin pacakge directory? For instance, on an FTP > accessible server I have a directory in my home directory called > "cygwin" which contains setup.exe and setup.ini. Underneath that is > the release directory which contains all of the packages. I can > browse the directory hierarchy in IE with a URL that looks like > "ftp://username:password@hostname/cygwin";. I tried entering that URL > in the approriate place in setup.exe, clicked Add, then selected it > from the list and clicked "Next", but then got a message saying is > could not find setup.ini.
Don't know whether setup understands usernames/passwords. I'll dig in the source tomorrow, if no one has answered by then. > 2) Once I've added a custom URL to the list of mirrors, how do I > remove it? It will vanish if you unselect it, press Next, and restart setup. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
