X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
	:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
	:list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject
	:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type
	:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=qtQpR6qneKdD3bAF
	VPCgW884MZNQnjLzWKGANq5vOoBFNwJSaS6e7gClzzdk5qOX8tn2YPqiRRkL/xkA
	h8fxCi8V10ZajwA6DTJuxqeRyqnz3CNdAnhH75TRiLYihV7GqBAqkwY0GTnmNsjN
	VtnSfJ6XFXG1QmS+qw0ov6GD5OQ=
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
	:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
	:list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject
	:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type
	:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=z+84HINDkCAYnnWn3VnZyb
	/F8+E=; b=JEKO2SpMUYshiku3QmSJslvvLUYQsWV8C1WwbbQ4vnrJuy74/D5FX/
	4lrMqU46ZpzvSFOn7yNwZo1Y/ixmffgqBgTTTcT0QgTd8nmGY3R7zYhqWXQXgqCT
	PG/oGjC05OKxlXssee9CSdVak2ldmYyZG6mD4FSLxUqk+edxvZGwc=
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none
X-Virus-Found: No
X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*M:yandex, H*F:D*yandex.ru, own3mall, UD:yandex.ru
X-HELO: forward3m.cmail.yandex.net
Authentication-Results: smtp1h.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru
X-Yandex-Suid-Status: 1 0,1 0
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 06:15:16 +0300
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Message-ID: <24218021.20161118061516@yandex.ru>
To: OwN-3m-All <own3mall AT gmail DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Cygwin Setup - Choose Best Mirror Automatically for Automated / Silent Installs
In-Reply-To: <CAK0ZC5U9_tcsW_=EYEmfkHjWeEztOQ-ubjx9wqGdcWgrJyj4KQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAK0ZC5U9_tcsW_=EYEmfkHjWeEztOQ-ubjx9wqGdcWgrJyj4KQ AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-IsSubscribed: yes

Greetings, OwN-3m-All!

> I'm trying to automate this as best as possible, and the only way to
> do so right now is to specify the mirror the setup utility uses by
> using something similar to:

> setup-x86_64.exe --site "http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/"
> --quiet-mode --root "C:\dir" --local-package-dir "C:\dir\cygTemp"
> --packages "apache2"

> The problem with this is that it appears that mirror won't always work
> with each version of Windows (at least I think that's the case based
> on some strange behavior I'm seeing).

That can't be true. Simply because of how it works.

> Is there a way to have the setup automatically pick a site from the
> list of mirrors it downloads to use?

Just specify the mirror by hands.
If it doesn't work for some reason, find that reason and eliminate it.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Friday, November 18, 2016 06:14:06

Sorry for my terrible english...


--
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