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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 01:35:13 -0800
From: John Sellers <jsellers AT sellers DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Setup broke on my install base
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Thanks, my new DSL account was just activated so I re-installed cygwin 
to test out the connection.  Everything worked.  I then duplicated the 
behavior I saw, and played with a number of mirrors.  I now think that 
what people told me in the first place was correct, but I have no 
explanation of why I earlier saw similar behavior when trying other 
mirror sites.  The only explanation I can think of is that the PEBCAK.  :-)

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

>John,
>
>First, try selecting a different mirror.  Setup will not re-download the
>packages you already have in the cache, even if the mirror is no longer
>accessible.
>
>If you get that problem with all the mirrors, try accessing
><http://cygwin.com/mirrors.txt> and
><http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/setup.ini> from your
>web browser.  If you succeed, try to download the packages again after
>setting the "Connection" selector to "Use IE5 Settings" in setup.
>	Igor
>
>On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, John Sellers wrote:
>
>  
>
>>A while back, setup stopped working when downloading, although I could
>>still install, and uninstall locally.   What is the best route to fixing
>>this without modifying a substantual installed base?
>>
>>    
>>
[SNIP]


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