Re: Issue with Cygwin Setup on slow and unstable connection

[Diogo Franco <brkamikaze at yahoo dot com dot br>]

 --- Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> escreveu:

> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Diogo Franco wrote:
> 
> > There's a problem with the Cygwin Web Setup
> program
> > that's not really a technical problem.
> >
> > There's a problem with the my connection that it
> drop
> > with no reason after a little while (the my record
> > today was 1 hour and 15 minutes connected).
> >
> > Is there a way to download the cygwin packages
> with a
> > download manager and then use a local folder as a
> > "mirror"?
> >
> > Or to improve the setup to be able to continue
> > downloads after a connection drop, or pause the
> download?
> 
> Check out "clean_setup.pl" (Google for it).  It may
> help solve your
> problems.
> 
> To answer your question: yes, it's possible to
> download packages
> separately, and then install them using setup.  Just
> select the "Install
> from Local Directory" option.
> 	Igor
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Thanks. But do I have to copy the directory structure,
create an INI file, or it will just read the packages
and work fine?

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