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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:06:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Gorden Jemwa <jemwa AT sun DOT ac DOT za>
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Subject: Re: Updating cygwin - problems with mirror site
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Gorden Jemwa wrote:

> I am trying to update my cygwin installation from a mirror.
> Unfortunately, every time I run setup the utility is still only seeing
> old packages and the setup.ini timestamp is also old. If I change the
> mirror the setup.ini file generated is current. What could be the
> problem with the other mirror? BTW, the problem mirror has all the
> latest packages based on a check of the directory listing.
> Also, JTBS (just to be sure), using a different mirror is less
> appropriate in my case because i get billed for every MB!
>
> If anyone knows, please let me know and I will inform the site
> maintainer.

Are you by any chance using the "Use IE5 Settings" setup option?  If so,
you may have stale copies of the files in your cache.  Configure your IE
to check the page timestamp every time, not once per session.
HTH,
	Igor
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