Alexander Sotirov wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: >> It was actually all academic before since: 1) there was nothing wrong >> with the setup.exe on the mirrors and 2) people shouldn't have been >> running setup.exe from the mirrors to begin with. > > Can you elaborate on why people shouldn't run setup.exe from the mirrors? I > don't see what is the difference between setup.exe and the other packages. If > you trust the mirror for all other binaries, why don't you trust it for > setup.exe?
Propagation time delays would be one reason. Since it's easy to grab 'setup.exe' from the source, there's no sense using one that might be dated. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
