On 02/09/2011 03:59, Paul King wrote: > I am new to this list, and have noticed a number of problems with the > download and configuration. The biggest problem is the download right now. > > When the download returned an "incomplete" error, the overall progress on > the title bar showed 128% (yes, really) and 100% for the current package;
Unfortunately, it is a known defect of setup [1] that it can't count past 2GB of downloaded data correctly, and it's possible to exceed that limit with packages from cygwinports. > and the package that it was working on was, I think, "zint". This is on the > second attempt. On the first attempt, it was downloading zsh while the > overall progress bar still registered 0%. Since I noticed that the packages > are downloaded in alphabetical order, the download seems to always crap out > near the end, asking me to start from the beginning. Very frustrating. This > is literally a waste of hours of work. > > Checking both setup logs, there was no actual error message recorded both > times. But it does say where it offered me a dialog box, 7 hours into the > download, saying that the download was incomplete. > > The best thing to do is to find where it has a comprehensive list of what I > chose, and then download whatever comes after, in the same directory > structure. This is what setup should be doing, in any case. If a package has already been downloaded into the download directory, it should not be downloaded a second time when setup is restarted or rerun. If setup isn't doing that, please provide the logfile from setup when that happens. [1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2011-04/msg00047.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
