Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/08/27/10:59:20
Max Bowsher wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> Scott Shell wrote:
>>> I am brand new to all things Cygwin so I am writing from the
>>> prospective of the complete newbie. I did read the FAQs and search
>>> this newsgroup first though, like a good newbie.
>>>
>>> Setup.exe lacks a resume feature as far as I can tell. I was in the
>>> process of "Install from Internet" for the first time, downloading
>>> many MBs which took over 45 minutes. I know now to select far fewer
>>> packages. But anyway, something urgent came up and I had to shut down
>>> my computer, so I had to click the Cancel button.
>>>
>>> Later, I ran Setup again and was dismayed when it did not remember
>>> where it left off. It began to download the same files from the
>>> beginning. Taking up about an hour of my time is of course negligible
>>> but it is a waste of bandwidth for the mirrors.
>>>
>>> On the "Choose A Download Site" screen on this second run of Setup I
>>> selected a site at random
>> <snip>
>>
>> That's your problem. 'setup.exe' keeps track of what you downloaded
>> previously by mirror. Choose a different mirror than last time (and
>> more specifically, NOT including the mirror you specified last time -
>> you can have up to 4) will cause 'setup.exe' to download all selected
>> packages again.
>
> Arguably, this is a silly design. I imagine it's done that way to
> separate off custom mirrors from the main distro, and other custom
> mirrors, but AFAICS using different directory trees for different
> official mirrors is in no way useful.
I find it useful to be able to track what mirror contributed which package
and version. But as for general usefulness, I can't comment as I've long
since forgotten the details of the original design intent. However, I will
point out that separating mirrors into different directory trees isn't a
peculiarity of 'setup.exe'. 'yum' shares this basic structure. Perhaps
other installers (apt, smart, etc) do as well. I didn't experiment with
those. But I don't think the cache structure by it's very existence and
usage prohibits other semantics.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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