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RE: Incomplete downloads reported across several mirrors
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Gregg Levine
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:48
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Incomplete downloads reported across several mirrors
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Greg Chicares <> wrote:
> > On 2010-06-22 23:44Z, Gregg Levine wrote:
> >>
> >> I've been trying to update this 1.7.5 release of Cygwin since 11AM
> >> EDT, based on the multiple announcements of updated packages.
> >
> > That was nine hours ago. Propagation time could be twelve hours if
> > everything is working as described here:
> >
> > http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
> > | New mirrors should rsync directly from cygwin.com at
> least twice a day.
> >
> >> Eventually after several repeated tries there, I waited
> until a few
> >> minutes ago here, and decided to try again. This time it happened
> >> again with the addition of the mirror based at the Open Software
> >> repository at the Oregon State University.
> >
> > Try inspecting individual mirrors (see the link above).
> I've had good
> > luck with heanet, so I downloaded this file (announced here today):
> > ?
> >
> ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/cygwin/release/webcheck/webcheck-1.10.3-1-src.
> > tar.bz2 and it matches the md5sum given--so try that mirror.
>
> Hello!
> I've been trying the mirrors I know and a few I've only heard
> about. I did indeed try that one. Same problem.
Please try against http://mirrors.pdinc.us/cygwin
>
> Is it possible that there are a lot of people at work
> updating their systems?
It is more likely that there is a proxy or whatnot in the way of your download.
>
> Next question: Would anyone know what's involved with setting
> up a mirror? I am seriously considering talking to the people
Yes, but either mark that as off topic or mail me off list.
> at the AWS end of Amazon about renting sufficient space on
> their storage farm for just such a function. And then yes
> following normal procedures to announce it and not waste time
> here with that bit of news.
> -----
> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@gmail.com
> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>
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