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RE: Setup.exe 2.573.2.2 unable to retrieve mirror list and setup.ini/setup.bz2
Thank you for all the replies. The problem was a firewall setting.
Better debug output in the log would have helped to track it down
myself.
Marek
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Greg Chicares
> Sent: Dienstag, 5. Februar 2008 15:49
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Setup.exe 2.573.2.2 unable to retrieve mirror
> list and setup.ini/setup.bz2
>
> On 2008-02-05 14:16Z, Marek.Jawurek wrote:
> [reformatted]
> > On 2008-02-05 13:58Z, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> >>
> >> Can you retrieve the contents of the above URL using your browser
> >> (IE, in particular)? If not, first get that to work, and
> then try setup again.
> >> If you can, then there may be a problem with setup, since
> I see that
> >> you're using IE5 settings to connect. Another option is to try
> >> "Direct connection".
> >
> > I can open the mirror list with IE. I tried both, using the IE
> > settings and providing it with the proxy information myself
> in setup.exe.
>
> Does the proxy require password authentication?
>
> Is it possible that the firewall is specifically blocking
> setup.exe as in this
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg01458.html
> message?
>
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