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Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:18:52 +0000
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Subject: Re: Wrong setup.exe on http://www.cygwin.com/
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On 07/02/2010 14:38, David Balažic wrote:
> Another simple trick that usually works is to append
> ?some-random-stuff to the url, like:
> 
> http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe&go_away_proxy!

  Forgot that one, but you typo'd: it has to have an actual '?' in there, or
the '&' doesn't get taken as part of a query string:

> Not Found
> 
> The requested URL /setup.exe&go_away_proxy was not found on this server.

  These both work:

http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe?&go_away_proxy!
http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe?go_away_proxy!

    cheers,
      DaveK


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