X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_WL,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:26:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Tim McDaniel To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Interesting gotcha: http + vim-common + maybe Symantec Endpoint Protection Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 I had something interesting happen to me and wanted to mention it, though perhaps it's in the FAQ and I've just not noticed it. Short form: if downloading a file freezes or fails, switching your setup server from http: to ftp: (or perhaps vice versa) may help. The symptom was that, for a few months, I was unable to download the latest version of vim-common -- it would hang, either partway thru or at the start. The mirror was http://mirrors.xmission.com/..., so Downloading... vim-common-7.3.447-1.tar.bz2 from http://mirrors.xmission.com/... 0 % (0k/1k) 0.0 kB/s Download Incomplete. Try again? Before, I thought that maybe just xmission was hosed. I tried another host: same result. I got tired of it and just uninstalled vim and vim-common just so I didn't have to re-deselect them on each update. Today, I wondered whether it was a file permission problem, so I renamed http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.xmission.com%2fcygwin%2f/release -- same problem. I then suddenly thought to try the ftp: version of the same mirror, as I had been using the http: version. Success! My system has, as its antivirus, Symantec Endpoint Protection. I checked the logs and found nothing. However, I might not be looking in the right place, or for all I know, maybe there is scanning further up like on the $ORKPLACE Internet gateway and thus I can't possibly see it or control it. The FAQ suggests turning off anti-virus (2.8 My computer hangs when I run Cygwin Setup!), but that is NOT permitted (or even possible) for a user at $ORKPLACE. -- Tim McDaniel, tmcd@panix.com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple