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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 09:10:55 -0700
From: Dario Alcocer <alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Setup.exe: FTP Control Timeout While Choosing Packages
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In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020711081940.01f7dbe0@pop3.cris.com>; from rrschulz@cris.com on Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 08:27:12AM -0700

On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 08:27:12AM -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> I've noticed that when I use an FTP mirror to download Cygwin components 
> and I take too long poring over the list, clicking and selecting and 
> whatnot, sometimes the FTP server will time out and close the control 
> connection, and when I finally move on to the download stage, it fails 
> immediately ("Download incomplete") and I'm forced (well, offered the 
> option) to start over.

I've noticed this behavior too.  The work-around I use is to only download
from the HTTP mirrors; I've never seen this timeout problem with the
HTTP mirror servers I've tried.

-- 
Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix Digital Inc.
alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com -- http://www.helixdigital.com

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