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On 3/22/2017 11:59 AM, Ian Lambert via cygwin wrote:
> I've now downloaded a complete cygwin mirror
> onto a networked storage, done a new install, and
> cygwin works OK again. However, doing updates or
> package installs is (1) extremely slow, and (2) giving
> a below reported permissions problem.
>
> (1) Slowness. After the setup initial steps and pointing
> to the local install location, I get to the following display
> for 10s of minutes to hours (see log excerpt farther down).
> It eventually goes to the next step. There is a very
> low, steady network traffic during the delay. This
> storage and network is usually fast for other things,
> including during actual package installs.

You might want to checkout the '-m --mirror-mode' option to setup.

Ken

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