On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Michael DePaulo <mikedep...@gmail.com> wrote: > HI, > > I'm having a weird issue with the Cygwin installer. It occurs whether > I am using it to update my 2 installations of Cygwin (both 32-bit and > 64-bit), or to perform a new install. The issue is that the installer > hangs while downloading files. In other words, the progress bar makes > 0% more progress at some point during a download. I've let the > installer sit for over several hours without it making any progress. > Sometimes it's setup.bz2. Usually it's one of the packages. On > average, it happens on the 3rd file or so. Sometimes the 1st, > sometimes the 6th, etc. It usually occurs in the middle of a file > download, but sometimes at the beginning of the file download (when > progress is 0%.) The UI is still responsive when this happens; so I > can quit the installer. > > My Setup: > 1. Windows 8.1 64-bit with the latest updates. > 2. Joined to a domain. > > I Tried the following, but the issue still occurs: > 1. Disabling my antivirus (NOD32 Antivirus 7) > 2. Using both 32-bit and 64-bit Cygwin installer > 3. Using the download path C:\Users\mike.DEPAULO\Downloads\cygtemp > instead of the path on the U: network drive with spaces in it. > 4. Selecting different mirrors. > > I also tried using another computer (Same OS, joined to the same > domain, but different AV) and the issue did NOT occur. > > My workaround right now is just repeatedly run "setup.exe -q" and > quitting the install whenever it does hang, until the entire download > completes successfully. Once the entire download does complete, the > packages install without any issue. > > -Mike
The issue seems to be happening less frequently now. Today I downloaded about 60 packages and it only happened once. -- 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