Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

Actually there is is problem with this binary I posted, it crashes near the end of the install (although the install does seem to work). I don't *think* it is my patch because I have the same results when I compile a clean CVS checkout. I have to look further into it before I can comment any fur

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 11:45:24AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 12:57:00AM -0300, Ricardo Fodra wrote: Does setup have to download mirrors.lst and setup.bz2 every time? Can't it compare the date of t

RE: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

>> Yes. The cygwin web pages know and google knows. >I know too! I know too, now that Igor posted the link to that patch. Google is my friend, but Igor has a better user interface :-) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/pro

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 11:45:24AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 12:57:00AM -0300, Ricardo Fodra wrote: > >>>Does setup have to download mirrors.lst and setup.bz2 every

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 11:45:24AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 12:57:00AM -0300, Ricardo Fodra wrote: >>>Does setup have to download mirrors.lst and setup.bz2 every time? >>>Can't it compare the date of the files on the s

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 12:57:00AM -0300, Ricardo Fodra wrote: > >Does setup have to download mirrors.lst and setup.bz2 every time? > >Can't it compare the date of the files on the server and on the > >computer? I have a dial up connection and I ca

RE: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

Original Message >From: Christopher Faylor >Sent: 11 March 2005 15:27 > On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 07:47:17AM -0600, Pat Kane wrote: >> Does anyone know where the source to "setup.exe" is kept? > > Yes. The cygwin web pages know and google knows. I know too! cheers, DaveK --

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 07:47:17AM -0600, Pat Kane wrote: >Does anyone know where the source to "setup.exe" is kept? Yes. The cygwin web pages know and google knows. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documen

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

Ricardo, I understand your problem with a slow link. Does anyone know where the source to "setup.exe" is kept? Sometimes, if I just want to make sure I have the latest version of something I avoid "setup.exe" and ftp the file directly from one of my favorite mirrors. For example , to see wha

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 12:57:00AM -0300, Ricardo Fodra wrote: >Does setup have to download mirrors.lst and setup.bz2 every time? >Can't it compare the date of the files on the server and on the >computer? I have a dial up connection and I can only download a few >packages per day, and every day s

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

Does setup have to download mirrors.lst and setup.bz2 every time? Can't it compare the date of the files on the server and on the computer? I have a dial up connection and I can only download a few packages per day, and every day setup downloads those files. Yah

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:30:45 +0100 Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See http://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/setup.html Got it. Thanks. Erik -- +---+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +-

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

On Feb 8 17:22, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:28:32 -0500 (EST) > Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The best way to second such requests is with a patch. Remember, > > . :-) > > Where would I find the code to setup.exe? > >

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:28:32 -0500 (EST) Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The best way to second such requests is with a patch. Remember, > . :-) Where would I find the code to setup.exe? I had a look in the main CVS tree but couldn't find it. Erik

Re: RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file

Yuk, top-posting. Reformatted. On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, linda w wrote: > Alexey N. Solofnenko wrote: > > > Would not it be great if Cygwin's setup did not just fail if > > mirrors.lst is unavailable and continued with just last server in the > > list? I tried to install Cygwin KDE, but setup was fail