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Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 17:58:33 -0600
From: Carl Sorensen <carl_sorensen AT byu DOT edu>
Subject: RE: Setup 2.218.2.9 fails to read setup.ini file from prc-tools mirror
To: "'Ton van Overbeek'" <tvoverbe AT cistron DOT nl>,
   "cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com" <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>,
   "johnm AT falch DOT net" <johnm AT falch DOT net>
Message-id: <01C20803.9E22CC80.carl_sorensen@byu.edu>
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Rob,

I entered the trailing / when I added the custom URL.  However, when the 
error window popped up, it did not have the trailing /.

More information:  When running Setup.exe 2.218.2.9, if I select the option 
"Use IE5 Settings", I get the "Unable to get setup.ini message", rather 
than the "Parse error" message.




On Thursday, May 30, 2002 5:28 PM, Robert Collins 
[SMTP:robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au] wrote:
> You need a trailing / on the custom URL.
>
> Rob
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-apps-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> > [mailto:cygwin-apps-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Carl Sorensen
> > Sent: Friday, 31 May 2002 9:00 AM
> > To: 'Ton van Overbeek'; cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com; johnm AT falch DOT net
> > Subject: RE: Setup 2.218.2.9 fails to read setup.ini file
> > from prc-tools mirror
> >
> >
> > Ton wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > One thing Carl could try is to use the latest setup snapshot on
> > > http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/.
> > > The latest one right now is setup-2.249.exe.
> > > See if the problem is still there on XP with that version.
> > >
> >
> > I followed this advice
> >
> > The result:
> >
> > An error window titled "Cygwin Setup" gives the message
> > "Unable to get setup.ini from
> > http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/install".
> >
> > I pointed my
> > browser at http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/install/setup.ini
> > and successfully downloaded a copy of the setup.ini file.
> >
> > Two questions:
> > (1) is there a way to make setup.exe use the setup.ini from
> > my drive, rather than getting a copy from the prc-tools site?
> >
> > (2) Is there something different about the way setup
> > processes http:// mirror sites instead of ftp:// mirror sites?
> >
> > Carl
> >
> >