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Subject:	Re: BUG REPORT: Cygwin 1.7 installer
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Derek Kalweit wrote:
> If you add a \ to the end of the download path with the 1.7 installer,
> packages fail to download properly and the installer terminates with an
> error. I finally realized it was just an amateur mistake in the
> installer code and tried it without the \, and it worked fine. Adding a
> \ works in the production installer, so it should be patched up in 1.7
> as well. Thanks.

  Does sound like an easy one to fix, but just one question: *which* download
path - the mirror URL, or the local package directory?

    cheers,
      DaveK

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