Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 14:24:38 -0500 From: Charles Krug To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Subject: Re: Setup oddity Message-ID: <20010202142438.D21905@pentek.com> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com References: <20010202134103 DOT C21905 AT pentek DOT com> <200102021904 DOT OAA25897 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200102021904.OAA25897@envy.delorie.com>; from dj@delorie.com on Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:04:24PM -0500 On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:04:24PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > Not sure whether this is a bug or a feature. > > Me neither. Probably yet another MS bug we'll have to work around. I'm inclined to think that, since other programs exhibit the same behavior, while I've a few which don't. It could also be an IE5 option. Since I don't use IE . . . > > More likely, the IE5 (nio-ie5.cc) code needs to be a little smarter > about reusing an existing connection, rather than switching the whole > setup program over to direct mode (direct doesn't allow proxies, for > example). If you want to investigate doing this, please do. Worth a shot. Good excuse to learn that side of networking. I'm primarily a, "Can I get a socket? Good. Now I'll just use it" in terms of experience--we do more device control with the network as an afterthought around here. Where can I find the setup source archive? On the usual mirrors? Charles -- Charles Krug, Jr. Applications Engineer Pentek Corp 1 Park Way Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple