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Re: Can't get list of download sites


On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 07:07:57PM +0800, Soh Kok Hong wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I seem to be having problem with running setup.exe because it says 
>"Can't get the list of download sites.".  This is what I've found so far:
>
>1. I can use my mozilla browser to access 
>http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
>
>2. Performed a packet trace on setup.exe and found the following HTTP 
>transaction by setup.exe:
>
>GET /cygwin/mirrors.lst HTTP/1.0\r\n
>Host: sources.redhat.com\r\n
>\r\n
>
>and remote site reset the TCP link.
>
>3. I ran "telnet sources.redhat.com 80" and executed the above 
>instructions and it failed as expected
>
>4. I then tried the telnet again with the following instructions:
>
>GET /cygwin/mirrors.lst HTTP/1.0\r\n
>Host: sources.redhat.com\r\n
>User-Agent: cygwin
>\r\n
>
>And it works!
>
>I suggest that the setup.exe program be fixed so that the download can work.

Hmm.  So, your theory is that no one is able to download anything using
setup.exe and that setup.exe needs to be fixed.

I suppose that theory will be corroborated soon as the complaints flood
into this mailing list.  Or not.

FWIW, WFM.

cgf

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