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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:49:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Soh Kok Hong <kokhong AT post1 DOT com>
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The answer to your question is: "Because it works for me". ;-)
Why complain if you found something that works?
	Igor

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Soh Kok Hong wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thank you for your help.  I found that using the "Use IE5 Settings"
> connection mode works.  Performing a packet trace shows that this mode
> adds a bit more text in the HTTP transactions:
>
> GET /cygwin/mirrors.lst HTTP/1.1\r\n
> If-Modified-Since: <deleted>\r\n
> If-None-Match: <deleted>\r\n
> User-Agent: Cygwin Setup\r\n
> Host: sources.redhat.com\r\n
> Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
> \r\n
>
> My question would be why offer "Direct Connection" if it is not going to
> work?
>
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Soh Kok Hong wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I seem to be having problem with running setup.exe because it says
> >>"Can't get the list of download sites.".  This is what I've found so far:
> >>
> >>1. I can use my mozilla browser to access
> >>http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
> >>
> >>2. Performed a packet trace on setup.exe and found the following HTTP
> >>transaction by setup.exe:
> >>
> >>GET /cygwin/mirrors.lst HTTP/1.0\r\n
> >>Host: sources.redhat.com\r\n
> >>\r\n
> >>
> >>and remote site reset the TCP link.
> >>
> >>3. I ran "telnet sources.redhat.com 80" and executed the above
> >>instructions and it failed as expected
> >>
> >>4. I then tried the telnet again with the following instructions:
> >>
> >>GET /cygwin/mirrors.lst HTTP/1.0\r\n
> >>Host: sources.redhat.com\r\n
> >>User-Agent: cygwin
> >>\r\n
> >>
> >>And it works!
> >>
> >>P.S. I do not use a web proxy and I don't think my ISP uses a
> >>transparent proxy.
> >
> >Make sure you didn't install and run any firewall software.  Also, try the
> >"Use IE5 Settings" connection mode in setup.
> >
> >>I suggest that the setup.exe program be fixed so that the download can work.
> >
> >Feel free to check out the sources (for instructions see
> ><http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html>) and send in a patch.
> ><http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC>.
> >       Igor

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