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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:25:42 +0100
From: Dave Korn <dave DOT korn DOT cygwin AT googlemail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: BUG REPORT: Cygwin 1.7 installer
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Dave Korn wrote:
> Derek Kalweit wrote:
>> If you add a \ to the end of the download path with the 1.7 installer,
>> packages fail to download properly and the installer terminates with an
>> error. I finally realized it was just an amateur mistake in the
>> installer code and tried it without the \, and it worked fine. Adding a
>> \ works in the production installer, so it should be patched up in 1.7
>> as well. Thanks.
> 
>   Does sound like an easy one to fix, but just one question: *which* download
> path - the mirror URL, or the local package directory?

  Bah, what am I saying?  The local package dir, obviously, otherwise it would
be a "/", not a "\".  Thanks for the report!

    cheers,
      DaveK


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