X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46E9E57D.9060306@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:35:57 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Don't like "setup" for ocassional updates References: <46E9A15C DOT 5070608 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <20070913222638 DOT GB17952 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <46E9BC73 DOT 8090205 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <002401c7f661$4f190990$020aa8c0 AT DFW5RB41> <46E9DB79 DOT 9090603 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <000001c7f66b$7813b700$020aa8c0 AT DFW5RB41> In-Reply-To: <000001c7f66b$7813b700$020aa8c0@DFW5RB41> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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 Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > Hi Paul, > > The Cygwin list is the appropriate place for followups: > >> From: Paul McFerrin >> >> Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: >>>> From: Paul McFerrin >>>> >>>> I thought is was that straight forward. Consider the .bz2 >> file under >>>> bzip2: >>>> bzip2-1.0.3-2.tar.bz2 >>>> I did a "bunzip2 -d file..." and ended up with a file >> "bunzip2.exe" >>>> which is corrupt. Can't do >>>> tar -t file... >>>> >>> Perhaps it's time to upgrade your Cygwin installation. :-0 >>> >> Well I did, without the knowledge that setup would do that. >> I'm now running version 1.5.24. I'll stay with that. The >> last person (Larry >> Hall) mentioned using wget or curl but gave no URL's on where >> I might even find the files. Maybe I'm blind, but that seems >> to be a secret. > > It's no secret to those of us using setup.exe ;-). > > There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in > Tennessee - that says, "If you lived here, you'd be home by now." Use > setup.exe and you can't get fooled again. > Agreed. And it's no secret for anyone. I didn't say where to get the file from because: 1. The OP already had it, which implied to me that he knew where to get it, otherwise he wouldn't have a copy already (that old chicken and egg thing ;-) ). 2. I also mentioned that he could just as easily use 'setup' in download only mode to retrieve the file. 3. The mirrors for Cygwin are all plainly listed in a link right from the main page at the Cygwin site. But as Chris mentioned, the key point is if people don't know where to get the packages or how, they're unlikely to be successful installing them manually. Since Paul mentions that he's already upgraded (unintentionally), I expect this is all moot to him now but I figure it's worthwhile to reinforce this point once more for anyone who may have similar notions about upgrading and just happens to stumble upon this or other like threads in the archives. Don't ask me how I did that figuring though. ;-) -- 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/