> On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > > I tried an experiment recently where I turned on ftp access to the > > cygwin download directory on sources.redhat.com. The result seemed > > to be that people started downloading cygwin's package .tar.bz2 files > > directly and (somehow) used tar to extract files rather than running > > setup.exe. > > > > So, that experiment was a bad idea. I turned off access again. Yet, I > > still have the feeling that many people are downloading packages > > directly (from mirrors I suppose) and then we get to experience the > > maddening "I downloaded foo and it gives me an error about missing bar. > > What in the world could possibly be the problem????" > > > > Can anyone offer any explanation about this? Or maybe convince me that > > I'm wrong in noticing this trend? I suppose that it is possible that > > we are now hitting a newer stupider brand of user who just can't be > > bothered to read the cygwin web site and click on a link to download > > but I'm wondering if there is another explanation. Maybe there is > > a popular web page out there with wrong advice or something... > > > > cgf > > Well, guess what comes up first on a Google search for "cygwin install"? > See for yourself: <http://google.com/search?q=cygwin+install> (just in > case, the first match I get is <http://www.woodsoup.org/projs/ORKiD/basic.htm>, > last updated on March 24, 2000). :-( > I don't know if there's anything that can be done about it, though...
Well, Gary (Gary R. Van Sickle) is the maintainer of that page, so.... Regards, Elfyn McBratney [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.exposure.org.uk -- 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/
