On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com> wrote: > George R Nelson wrote: >> >> As a newcomer to cygwin, my attempts to download from ctgwin.com or a >> number of mirror sites all failed with signature errors. WHy do I get >> this problem? The error I get is: >> >> Setup.ini signature http://cygwin.com/setup.bz2.sig from >> http//cygwin.com failed to verify. >> >> I have managed to download cygwin using the setup.exe from redhat. > > So what were you downloading it with before? 'setup.exe' is the > prescribed way to download (for installation) and/or install. If you > want a mirror, you want to use another tool but barring that, > stick with 'setup.exe'.
I downloaded setup.exe from the cygwin site - my apologies as I presumed that was assumed. This failed as described with the signature error. I then downloaded setup.exe from the Redhat site and that worked on the Redhat site. The setup.exe from Cygwin did not work on the Redhat site or any of the mirrors I tried. Since I had no idea how to select a site from the list of sites I had added, I wasn't able to check if the Redhat setup.exe worked on other systems. It was only while making this request that it occurred to me that I might be able to select one from the list by highlighting it. > >> On a related topic, is there any way to change the URL for the >> download? Or do you just add download sites then highlight the one you >> wish to use? > > There are plenty of download sites in the list to choose from. But if > you want another one not listed, you can add it by typing it into the > edit control below the list and clicking "Add". Then you can select it > from the list. You can select up to 4 from the list. > The setup.exe I downloaded had an empty download list. I added cygwin.com and got the error described. I then added a mirror from the list on the ctgwin site and that too produced the same error. Likewise any mirror I picked from the site displayed the same signature error. The Redhat setup.exe had their own site added to the list already. >> Finally, I am trying to build some C sources using cygwin but the >> build fails as it is not finding some libraries: libsocket.a, libnsl.a >> and libxnet.a. I've searched both the package lists and the installed >> libraries without success. I am sure that the functions defined in >> these libraries do exist in the cygwin distribution but may be in >> differently named libraries. Can anybody help? > > Not significantly with that description. I'd recommend reading the > problem reporting guidelines and trying again if you're still having > problems. The guidelines can be found at the link below. > I have read the submission guidlines and the installation documentation as well as searching the FAQ before submitting. I could find no details on the steps carried out by setup.exe or any explanation of the error I was getting. I have read the relevant portions of the user guide and all other links that I could follow from the initial description of how to get cygwin but could find nothing that described how to select a URL from the list that I had created. >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > > > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/
