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=wAqGYRaL3EF5g32i UIxz/pvLwpLgHxX+gLppGmzn+nSeUOuDfJWbkqGDJfcxfYV47eNbTHsB3z5DKh/+ 1wKrpnAgzJJKiFLSf69oC2joY7A8otT+eSDqpl3GQUy1cxiaP0ACkje1rDUtK4r2 D5LxMZCuVt3VkTbagcaF8r1BN1c= 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=kPjWvQkktbP4vS95Rrmx79 HtXGE=; b=WQR1os32IXlcNINSfybPP+jHsdwoWfSHiNR54bmOlG/B4MxR0JpT0/ Z2ODA/5EnbYN2KrKDj4ZrdLCw2m0E0eGow+QSB0jxdoiJShckijDXQweeI9LSY7l Gk5lbjvErgwjnIBVqQDV+r7rnR7YIpYBW3C2HsRDx6nArdV7ghft8= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*F:D*yandex.ru, H*M:yandex, UD:yandex.ru, yandexru X-HELO: forward4j.cmail.yandex.net Authentication-Results: smtp2h.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru X-Yandex-Suid-Status: 1 0,1 0 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:10:18 +0300 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <7510004605.20161118091018@yandex.ru> To: OwN-3m-All , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin Setup - Choose Best Mirror Automatically for Automated / Silent Installs In-Reply-To: References: <24218021 DOT 20161118061516 AT yandex DOT ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Greetings, OwN-3m-All! >> Just specify the mirror by hands. >> If it doesn't work for some reason, find that reason and eliminate it. > That's really not a good solution. I don't have control over the > mirrors or would know why one isn't working. But you have control over the script that working your installation, and you can choose a mirror that is likely working. I.e. kernel.org mirrors. > I think a new command-line argument should be added that makes Cygwin setup > pick one of the mirrors it knows is good from the list it downloads. > A command-line argument is the way to go, but a text file with a list > of known good mirrors that could be downloaded and parsed by a script > would also be of great help. Cygwin already checks the status of its > mirros as far as I know. It knows all of them and all of them are good for it. If you know better, then it's up to you to tell it that. > And for some reason, using the mirror of > "http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/" on Windows Server 2008 sometimes > causes it to randomly crash complaining about a runtime c++ error > without any good information output into the setup log. Like I said, > when I run the setup manually, the list of mirrors it pulls does not > contain "http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/". Now, this is a more useful information. But still not quite enough to track the problem. If you are familiar with GDB, you can try debugging the execution and see why it crashes. > I'd much rather rely on Cygwin's list than one hard coded site value > for a mirror which may or may not be up-to-date. So, do that. I see no stopping for it. As Brian pointed out, the list of mirrors is publicly available. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, November 18, 2016 09:06:05 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