X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4C23B90A.9070901@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:59:06 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Incomplete downloads reported across several mirrors References: <4C21521F DOT 80303 AT sbcglobal DOT net> <4C23715F DOT 50403 AT veritech DOT com> <20100624153755 DOT GC22035 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4C23A6C8 DOT 2050202 AT veritech DOT com> <20100624190513 DOT GB27543 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4C23B24A DOT 60809 AT veritech DOT com> In-reply-to: <4C23B24A.60809@veritech.com> 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 On 6/24/2010 3:30 PM, Lee D. Rothstein wrote: > On 6/24/2010 3:05 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 02:41:12PM -0400, Lee Rothstein wrote: >>> On 6/24/2010 11:37 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> Is there a problem with gnomecanvas2 package? >>> >>>> setup.exe hasn't changed since April so it's hard to see how any >>>> problem >>>> you'd be having would be related to anything other than your local >>>> network configuration. >>> I wasn't suggesting there was anything wrong with setup. >>> Perhaps a problem with one or more packages? >> Maybe you weren't but since packages are just a stream of bytes if >> setup.exe stops downloading them it isn't the package's fault. It's >> setup.exe's. Since lots of people are downloading packages, and since >> packages are just a stream of bytes that get copied to disk, the problem >> still points to an issue on your side if a download stops halfway >> through. >> >> "Your side" might be something as simple as bad connectivity with the >> mirror that you've chosen so trying another mirror would make sense. > > Re: multiple mirrors attempts: been there, failed at that! Well, if you want to provide information about a specific site and package that failed for you, I will try to install it from that site and another of my choosing, if you're looking for a sanity test. Like Chris, I'm skeptical that there's a general issue here but certainly if there's some specific site and package to try, that's easy enough for me (or anyone else for that matter ;-) ) to try. -- 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? -- 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