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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:55:34 -0400
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Subject: Re: Incomplete downloads reported across several mirrors
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On 6/22/2010 7:44 PM, Gregg Levine wrote:
> Hello!
> I've been trying to update this 1.7.5 release of Cygwin since 11AM
> EDT, based on the multiple announcements of updated packages. Each
> time I select a mirror and select those packages I want to update, the
> process starts.
>
> It continues up to some particular point, and then I get the
> incomplete download box, and the program wants me to try again. During
> the first phase of this attempted update I was working in an area that
> has had the rumors of a poorly configured proxy server, although the
> information of how this server was configured was never told to me.
> (Customer who has an IT department that sometimes resembles the
> Anarchists Football League complete with clones of each of their
> favorite stars.)
>
> Eventually after several repeated tries there, I waited until a few
> minutes ago here, and decided to try again. This time it happened
> again with the addition of the mirror based at the Open Software
> repository at the Oregon State University.

It's possible you're hitting a mirror during it's update.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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