Ken Brown writes:
> On 10/18/2015 1:47 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
>> I think it's now fixed and sorry for the trouble.
>
> Thanks for the quick fix. All the problems I reported seem to be gone.
Great. Thanks to you and David for letting me know what exactly you
were operating from and how, since oth
On 10/18/2015 1:47 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
I think it's now fixed and sorry for the trouble.
Thanks for the quick fix. All the problems I reported seem to be gone.
Ken
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Robert Pace writes:
> I did install an older version of Cygwin which I had downloaded back
> in January 2015 without issue. Indicating that there is an issue with
> the latest cygwin setup application.
I think it's now fixed and sorry for the trouble.
The signature check has been changed to not
Ken Brown writes:
> ./http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.kernel.org%2fsourceware%2fcygwin%2f/x86/setup.ini
> ./http%3a%2f%2fsanibeltranquility.com%2fcygwin%2f/x86/setup.ini
> ./myrepo/x86/setup.xz
I've checked again what exactly --mirror-mode does: if it's set, then it
basically tells setup to believe the ini f
On 10/18/2015 9:47 AM, Ken Brown wrote:
On 10/18/2015 9:28 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
Ken Brown writes:
Are you saying you've never tested local installs without the -m
switch?
No, I'm saying that the "-m" switch should reduce the possibility of
setup doing something unwanted, because it eliminat
On 18/10/2015 12:47, Achim Gratz wrote:
David Stacey writes:
Same here. I maintain a local mirror and use my own setup.ini files
(created with genini); these do not have 'sig' files. Directory
structure is as follows:
cygwin-2015-10-16
/cygwin
/x86
/x86_64
/cygwinports
/noa
On 10/18/2015 9:28 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
Ken Brown writes:
Are you saying you've never tested local installs without the -m
switch?
No, I'm saying that the "-m" switch should reduce the possibility of
setup doing something unwanted, because it eliminates the possibility of
it switching into a
Ken Brown writes:
> Are you saying you've never tested local installs without the -m
> switch?
No, I'm saying that the "-m" switch should reduce the possibility of
setup doing something unwanted, because it eliminates the possibility of
it switching into ad-hoc mode (where it searches the subdirs
On 10/18/2015 7:47 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
David Stacey writes:
Same here. I maintain a local mirror and use my own setup.ini files
(created with genini); these do not have 'sig' files. Directory
structure is as follows:
cygwin-2015-10-16
/cygwin
/x86
/x86_64
/cygwinports
/n
David Stacey writes:
> Same here. I maintain a local mirror and use my own setup.ini files
> (created with genini); these do not have 'sig' files. Directory
> structure is as follows:
>
> cygwin-2015-10-16
> /cygwin
> /x86
> /x86_64
> /cygwinports
> /noarch
> /x86
> /x86_64
On 10/17/2015 10:31 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
Greetings, Ken Brown!
1. Download setup-x86.exe from the Cygwin website, and put it in an empty
directory c:/download-test.
2. Run setup-x86.exe. Choose "Install from Internet".
Choose "download only".
Makes the test simpler.
I tried that firs
Greetings, Ken Brown!
> 1. Download setup-x86.exe from the Cygwin website, and put it in an empty
> directory c:/download-test.
> 2. Run setup-x86.exe. Choose "Install from Internet".
Choose "download only".
Makes the test simpler.
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Sunday, October 18, 2015
On 10/17/2015 5:14 PM, David Stacey wrote:
On 17/10/15 13:13, Ken Brown wrote:
On 10/17/2015 3:28 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
Ken Brown writes:
Could you check if the setup.ini.sig file is just not stored to disk and
that setup would commence installing if you downloaded it manually and
put alongsi
On 17/10/15 13:13, Ken Brown wrote:
On 10/17/2015 3:28 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
Ken Brown writes:
Could you check if the setup.ini.sig file is just not stored to
disk and
that setup would commence installing if you downloaded it manually and
put alongside the setup.ini file?
Is there a new req
Ken Brown writes:
> OK, doing it that way works. But if I add setup.ini alongside
> setup.xz and setup.xz.sig, then setup complains about not finding
> setup.ini.sig.
It shouldn't, at least not without complaining about a missing
setup.xz.sig first. Does it make a difference if you use the "-m"
On 10/17/2015 1:06 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
Ken Brown writes:
I maintain my own small repository at a remote site and mirror it on my local
machine. It contains, for each architecture, setup.ini, setup.xz, and
setup.xz.sig. Installation from the remote site works fine. If I try to
install from
Ken Brown writes:
>> I maintain my own small repository at a remote site and mirror it on my local
>> machine. It contains, for each architecture, setup.ini, setup.xz, and
>> setup.xz.sig. Installation from the remote site works fine. If I try to
>> install from my local mirror, setup complains
On 10/17/2015 8:13 AM, Ken Brown wrote:
On 10/17/2015 3:28 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
Ken Brown writes:
Could you check if the setup.ini.sig file is just not stored to disk and
that setup would commence installing if you downloaded it manually and
put alongside the setup.ini file?
Is there a new
On 10/17/2015 3:28 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
Ken Brown writes:
Could you check if the setup.ini.sig file is just not stored to disk and
that setup would commence installing if you downloaded it manually and
put alongside the setup.ini file?
Is there a new requirement that a local repository has t
> You can always tell it to not check the signature (--no-verify / -X),
> but if the directory you set it upon looks like a mirror and has a setup
> file, then it will by default want to check the signature (belonging to
> the actual suffix used: .xz, .bz2 and lastly .ini).
>
Even with -X the in
Ken Brown writes:
>> Could you check if the setup.ini.sig file is just not stored to disk and
>> that setup would commence installing if you downloaded it manually and
>> put alongside the setup.ini file?
>
> Is there a new requirement that a local repository has to have a
> signature file? And do
Robert Pace writes:
> I can verify that the setup.ini.sig is not stored in the download
> folder. I earlier today downloaded the setup.ini.sig from the mirror
> site and put that file in the mirror folder and it complained that the
> setup.ini was corrupt.
Can you put both setup.ini and setup.ini
On 10/16/2015 4:52 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
Robert Pace writes:
I downloaded the very latest setup-x86_64.exe and setup-x86.exe from
www.cygwin.com yesterday (version 2.872). I started trying to install
the 64bit version of cygwin and selected "download only". I chose a
mirror from the list, and
I can verify that the setup.ini.sig is not stored in the download
folder. I earlier today downloaded the setup.ini.sig from the mirror
site and put that file in the mirror folder and it complained that the
setup.ini was corrupt.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Robert Pace w
Robert Pace writes:
> I downloaded the very latest setup-x86_64.exe and setup-x86.exe from
> www.cygwin.com yesterday (version 2.872). I started trying to install
> the 64bit version of cygwin and selected "download only". I chose a
> mirror from the list, and the download concluded fine. I then
Greetings, Robert Pace!
> I downloaded the very latest setup-x86_64.exe and setup-x86.exe from
> www.cygwin.com yesterday (version 2.872). I started trying to install
> the 64bit version of cygwin and selected "download only". I chose a
> mirror from the list, and the download concluded fine. I
Hi all,
I downloaded the very latest setup-x86_64.exe and setup-x86.exe from
www.cygwin.com yesterday (version 2.872). I started trying to install
the 64bit version of cygwin and selected "download only". I chose a
mirror from the list, and the download concluded fine. I then re-ran
the setup ap
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