> Which mirror where you using for Cygwin's setup.exe? (It > will select the last mirror used if you run it again... or > look in your local package directory and you'll see a > directory name for each mirror you have used). I suspect > that one or more mirrors out there is having a problem with > getting all of the packages. > > Or, it could be a problem related to the fact that I am usind > the 'test:' flag in the setup.hint without any corresponding > 'curr:' flag. What version of setup.exe are you running?
Grabbed a new setup.exe yesterday, version 2.249.2.3. Mirror: http://archive.progeny.com I tried again this morning and guess what? Right at the bottom where none existed before is now the xserv package. thanks for your help -hal