When I try to update cygwin I get an empty setup.ini file and the only packages that appear are the ones I already have installed--they are all listed under "Miscellaneous". I get this with every mirror I try and on two different PCs, both running Windows 10. This is from setup.log:
2015/08/16 09:03:29 Starting cygwin install, version 2.871 2015/08/16 09:03:29 User has backup/restore rights 2015/08/16 09:03:29 Current Directory: C:\Users\Emily\Downloads\cygwin 2015/08/16 09:03:29 Could not open service McShield for query, start and stop. McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access. 2015/08/16 09:03:32 source: network install 2015/08/16 09:03:37 root: C:\cygwin64 system 2015/08/16 09:03:40 Selected local directory: C:\Users\Emily\Downloads\cygwin 2015/08/16 09:03:42 net: Direct 2015/08/16 09:03:55 site: http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/ 2015/08/16 09:04:18 Changing gid back to original 2015/08/16 09:04:18 running: C:\cygwin64\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" 2015/08/16 09:04:27 Changing gid to Administrators 2015/08/16 09:04:29 note: Nothing needed to be installed 2015/08/16 09:04:29 Ending cygwin install Thanks, Emily -- 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