X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4622E9BE.6060002@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:13:02 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.10) Gecko/20070308 Fedora/1.5.0.10-2.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.10 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Downloading a full install package from a mirror References: <26DA7D06371FC141B27428A2A21FC1BDBF542D@exvicn1-mel.nexus.csiro.au> <46211054.4050808@cygwin.com> <26DA7D06371FC141B27428A2A21FC1BD0107A017@exvicn1-mel.nexus.csiro.au> In-Reply-To: <26DA7D06371FC141B27428A2A21FC1BD0107A017@exvicn1-mel.nexus.csiro.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Paul.Durack@csiro.au wrote: > Thanks for the response Larry, > > The reason I raised the question, was a complete download undertaken in > early August last year (1.5.21-1) from the cygwin.elite-systems.org > mirror yielded a download of 745MB (842 files in 737 folders). > > The latest download from both the aarnet.edu.au and cygwin.basemirror.de > (1.5.24-2) yielded a download of 507MB (609 files in 621 folders) > > I've had trouble installing the full cygwin package from numerous > mirrors previously, and have often resorted to downloading full > installations from alternate mirrors to figure out which set is > complete.. However I am new to the mailing lists.. So would appreciate > any tipoffs as to where I'd find information that can explain the > changes (and reductions) in the file numbers between 1.5.21-1 and > 1.5.24-2 and reduce the number of problems I'm tripping myself over on.. I can't point out specific changes. You can find a list of mirrors that are current at though. -- 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/