X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46211054.4050808@cygwin.com> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:33:08 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.10) Gecko/20070308 Fedora/1.5.0.10-2.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.10 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Downloading a full install package from a mirror References: <26DA7D06371FC141B27428A2A21FC1BDBF542D AT exvicn1-mel DOT nexus DOT csiro DOT au> In-Reply-To: <26DA7D06371FC141B27428A2A21FC1BDBF542D@exvicn1-mel.nexus.csiro.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Paul DOT Durack AT csiro DOT au wrote: > Has anyone else had trouble downloading a full installation using > setup.exe from one of the numerous cygwin mirrors available. > > Depending upon which mirror I choose (using the same option selection in > the setup.exe configuration), I get different sized downloads - which > would indicate to me that these are not complete installation sources.. > > Is there a primary repository that I should be downloading from to avoid > such problems? In short, no, there isn't. Differences between mirrors does not indicate, by default, that something is amiss. In a time when many packages are being updated, propagation of these packages to all mirrors takes time, on the order of a day or so. And not all mirrors update at the same time so it's possible for some to be more up-to-date than others during a period of high package update traffic. It's also worth noting that the list of mirrors, while regularly monitored and culled to make only reasonably current ones shown by "setup.exe", is affected by those you chose the last time you ran "setup.exe". If you've chosen a mirror in a previous run that is either very out-of-date or even no longer acting as a mirror, it will continue to show up as a default for you. So if you're having lots of difficulty and want to be sure you get a current mirror, try changing the mirror(s) you use in "setup.exe". If you still believe you're missing something, send along some details of a package and mirror or mirrors you're having trouble with, after checking the cygwin-announce list for the last time it was updated. This information should be sent to "sourcemaster" (as recommended by ). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/