X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4AC75A99.4020603@gmail.com> References: <4AC675FB DOT 4000600 AT cygwin DOT com> <4AC75A99 DOT 4020603 AT gmail DOT com> From: Frank Kim Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 07:01:46 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: reinstallation problems To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 -- Thanks, Frank http://lovenorthkorea.org/ http://kimplicity.com/fkim/blog/ http://betweengo.com/ On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Dave Korn wrote: > Frank Kim wrote: > >> Becoming suspicious of my favorite download site, >> mirrors.xmission.com, I decided I'd try a different site >> mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca. =A0Reinistalling with this site caused _no_ >> problems. =A0I'm back up and running. >> >> Anyone know what could be wrong with the mirrors.xmission.com. =A0I used >> to always use it because it was the fastest. > > =A0Mirrors are regularly checked by an automated script on cygwin.com and > removed from the list if found not up-to-date or otherwise inaccurate; it= was > probably nothing to do with the mirror that caused your postinstall scrip= ts to > fail. =A0(Maybe a side effect of the ipssvc bloda?) > > =A0 =A0cheers, > =A0 =A0 =A0DaveK > It might have been a side effect. Not sure why ipssvc would cause an installation problem but you never know. Also when I was installing from xmission.com I noticed that openssh was missing and it was never missing before. Anyway I guess I'll try xmission.com again another time when I'm feeling more courageous. :-) Thanks, Frank -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple