Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/03/02/02:51:37
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:18:34PM -0800, Michael Powe wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Why isn't there a central installation site for the "net setup" that
> contains all necessary and/or elective files? I've been to six "mirror"
> sites and every one of them is giving me error messages that essential files
> like binutils or gzip are not found. Am I really expected to "shop" from
> site to site, making a list of all the missing packages and checking them
> off as I cruise around the mall picking them up from one site or another?
>
> Maybe I'm wrong but I always thought "mirror" meant a complete copy of a
> central site. We don't seem to have even a single central site with all the
> packages available.
All mirrors are thought as complete copies. If they have problems
it's not our fault. We are not in charge for them.
I never had that much problems with mirrors, at least not with
the european ones. Did you try ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at? A very
reliable mirror from my experience. And it has the latest package
from yesterday already mirrored.
Corinna
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