Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: From: Steve Fairbairn To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: Why the rash of people bypassing setup.exe to install? Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:22:43 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Note-from-DJ: This may be spam I can't really offer much comment on this, as I do still use setup.exe to actually install the packages. But one thing I have noticed recently, and I'm sure someone reported it as a bug, is that setup regularly fails to download all packages successfully. Once download is completed and we move on to installing from local directory (I always do the process in 2 steps due to maintaining a local copy of cygwin install set for my workplace), then setup comes up with a few errors along the lines of 'Cannot locate (NULL) package' (purely from memory, can't duplicate it without trying to download the whole lot again). My current solution is to use that wonderful wget script someone handily provided to get the packages to a local directory, and then use setup to install from there. Could it be that people have encountered the same/a similar error, and chosen to attempt a totally manual installation? HTH, Steve. ******************************************************* This email has originated from Perwill plc (Registration No. 1906964) Office registered at: 13A Market Square, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1UR, UK Tel: +44 (0)1420 545000 Fax: +44 (0)1420 545001 www.perwill.com ******************************************************* Privileged, confidential and/or copyright information may be contained in this email, and is only for the use of the intended addressee. To copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it in any way if you are not the intended recipient or responsible for delivering to him/her is prohibited. If you receive this email by mistake, please advise the sender immediately, by using the reply facility in your email software. We may monitor the content of emails sent and received via our network for the purposes of ensuring compliance with policies and procedures. This message is subject to and does not create or vary any contractual relationships between Perwill plc and the recipient. ******************************************************* Any opinions expressed in the email are those of the sender and not necessarily of Perwill plc. ******************************************************* This email has been scanned for known viruses using McAfee WebShield 4.5 MR1a ******************************************************* -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/