Re: Setup broke on my install base

[John Sellers]

Thanks, my new DSL account was just activated so I re-installed cygwin 
to test out the connection.  Everything worked.  I then duplicated the 
behavior I saw, and played with a number of mirrors.  I now think that 
what people told me in the first place was correct, but I have no 
explanation of why I earlier saw similar behavior when trying other 
mirror sites.  The only explanation I can think of is that the PEBCAK.  :-)

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

John,

First, try selecting a different mirror.  Setup will not re-download the
packages you already have in the cache, even if the mirror is no longer
accessible.
If you get that problem with all the mirrors, try accessing
<http://cygwin.com/mirrors.txt> and
<http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/setup.ini> from your
web browser.  If you succeed, try to download the packages again after
setting the "Connection" selector to "Use IE5 Settings" in setup.
        Igor
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, John Sellers wrote:

 

A while back, setup stopped working when downloading, although I could
still install, and uninstall locally.   What is the best route to fixing
this without modifying a substantual installed base?
   

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