Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/05/30/20:04:16
Hmm, strange. I just tried this myself, and got the same result (I used
direct connection, rather than IE settings).
Yet, wget gets the file fine.
Hmm, ah yes. DON'T put the last '/' in.
Works fine for me now.
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Sorensen [mailto:carl_sorensen AT byu DOT edu]
> Sent: Friday, 31 May 2002 9:57 AM
> To: 'Robert Collins'
> Subject: RE: Setup 2.218.2.9 fails to read setup.ini file
> from prc-tools mirror
>
>
> Rob,
>
> I entered the trailing / when I added the custom URL.
> However, when the
> error window popped up, it did not have the trailing /.
>
> More information: When running Setup.exe 2.218.2.9, if I
> select the option
> "Use IE5 Settings", I get the "Unable to get setup.ini
> message", rather
> than the "Parse error" message.
>
>
> On Thursday, May 30, 2002 5:28 PM, Robert Collins
> [SMTP:robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au] wrote:
> > You need a trailing / on the custom URL.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-apps-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> > > [mailto:cygwin-apps-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Carl Sorensen
> > > Sent: Friday, 31 May 2002 9:00 AM
> > > To: 'Ton van Overbeek'; cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com; johnm AT falch DOT net
> > > Subject: RE: Setup 2.218.2.9 fails to read setup.ini file
> > > from prc-tools mirror
> > >
> > >
> > > Ton wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > One thing Carl could try is to use the latest setup snapshot on
> > > > http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/.
> > > > The latest one right now is setup-2.249.exe.
> > > > See if the problem is still there on XP with that version.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I followed this advice
> > >
> > > The result:
> > >
> > > An error window titled "Cygwin Setup" gives the message
> > > "Unable to get setup.ini from
> > > http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/install".
> > >
> > > I pointed my
> > > browser at http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/install/setup.ini
> > > and successfully downloaded a copy of the setup.ini file.
> > >
> > > Two questions:
> > > (1) is there a way to make setup.exe use the setup.ini from
> > > my drive, rather than getting a copy from the prc-tools site?
> > >
> > > (2) Is there something different about the way setup
> > > processes http:// mirror sites instead of ftp:// mirror sites?
> > >
> > > Carl
> > >
> > >
>
>
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