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Frank Kim wrote:

> Becoming suspicious of my favorite download site,
> mirrors.xmission.com, I decided I'd try a different site
> mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca.  Reinistalling with this site caused _no_
> problems.  I'm back up and running.
> 
> Anyone know what could be wrong with the mirrors.xmission.com.  I used
> to always use it because it was the fastest.

  Mirrors are regularly checked by an automated script on cygwin.com and
removed from the list if found not up-to-date or otherwise inaccurate; it was
probably nothing to do with the mirror that caused your postinstall scripts to
fail.  (Maybe a side effect of the ipssvc bloda?)

    cheers,
      DaveK

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