Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/05/31/13:23:29
In order to make this work, I had to modify the file c:\cygwin\etc\setup\last-mirror and remove the final '/'. Then it worked fine for me.
Thanks all for the help.
Carl
On Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:03 PM, Robert Collins [SMTP:robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au] wrote:
> Hmm, strange. I just tried this myself, and got the same result (I used
> direct connection, rather than IE settings).
>
> Yet, wget gets the file fine.
>
> Hmm, ah yes. DON'T put the last '/' in.
>
> Works fine for me now.
>
> Rob
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carl Sorensen [mailto:carl_sorensen AT byu DOT edu]
> > Sent: Friday, 31 May 2002 9:57 AM
> > To: 'Robert Collins'
> > Subject: RE: Setup 2.218.2.9 fails to read setup.ini file
> > from prc-tools mirror
> >
> >
> > Rob,
> >
> > I entered the trailing / when I added the custom URL.
> > However, when the
> > error window popped up, it did not have the trailing /.
> >
> > More information: When running Setup.exe 2.218.2.9, if I
> > select the option
> > "Use IE5 Settings", I get the "Unable to get setup.ini
> > message", rather
> > than the "Parse error" message.
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, May 30, 2002 5:28 PM, Robert Collins
> > [SMTP:robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au] wrote:
> > > You need a trailing / on the custom URL.
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: cygwin-apps-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> > > > [mailto:cygwin-apps-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Carl Sorensen
> > > > Sent: Friday, 31 May 2002 9:00 AM
> > > > To: 'Ton van Overbeek'; cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com; johnm AT falch DOT net
> > > > Subject: RE: Setup 2.218.2.9 fails to read setup.ini file
> > > > from prc-tools mirror
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ton wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > One thing Carl could try is to use the latest setup snapshot on
> > > > > http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/.
> > > > > The latest one right now is setup-2.249.exe.
> > > > > See if the problem is still there on XP with that version.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I followed this advice
> > > >
> > > > The result:
> > > >
> > > > An error window titled "Cygwin Setup" gives the message
> > > > "Unable to get setup.ini from
> > > > http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/install".
> > > >
> > > > I pointed my
> > > > browser at http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/install/setup.ini
> > > > and successfully downloaded a copy of the setup.ini file.
> > > >
> > > > Two questions:
> > > > (1) is there a way to make setup.exe use the setup.ini from
> > > > my drive, rather than getting a copy from the prc-tools site?
> > > >
> > > > (2) Is there something different about the way setup
> > > > processes http:// mirror sites instead of ftp:// mirror sites?
> > > >
> > > > Carl
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
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