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Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 08:49:56 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: "net setup"
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In-Reply-To: <OFEMKNBIBMJBBMDBPKDFCEABCAAA.michael@trollope.org>; from michael@trollope.org on Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:18:34PM -0800

On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:18:34PM -0800, Michael Powe wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Why isn't there a central installation site for the "net setup" that
> contains all necessary and/or elective files?  I've been to six "mirror"
> sites and every one of them is giving me error messages that essential files
> like binutils or gzip are not found.  Am I really expected to "shop" from
> site to site, making a list of all the missing packages and checking them
> off as I cruise around the mall picking them up from one site or another?
> 
> Maybe I'm wrong but I always thought "mirror" meant a complete copy of a
> central site.  We don't seem to have even a single central site with all the
> packages available.

All mirrors are thought as complete copies. If they have problems
it's not our fault. We are not in charge for them.

I never had that much problems with mirrors, at least not with
the european ones. Did you try ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at? A very
reliable mirror from my experience. And it has the latest package
from yesterday already mirrored.

Corinna

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