Re: Incomplete downloads reported across several mirrors

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 6/24/2010 3:30 PM, Lee D. Rothstein wrote:
> On 6/24/2010 3:05 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 02:41:12PM -0400, Lee Rothstein wrote:
> > > On 6/24/2010 11:37 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > > Is there a problem with gnomecanvas2 package?
> > >
> > > > setup.exe hasn't changed since April so it's hard to see how any
> > > > problem
> > > > you'd be having would be related to anything other than your local
> > > > network configuration.
> > > I wasn't suggesting there was anything wrong with setup.
> > > Perhaps a problem with one or more packages?
> > Maybe you weren't but since packages are just a stream of bytes if
> > setup.exe stops downloading them it isn't the package's fault. It's
> > setup.exe's. Since lots of people are downloading packages, and since
> > packages are just a stream of bytes that get copied to disk, the problem
> > still points to an issue on your side if a download stops halfway
> > through.
> >
> > "Your side" might be something as simple as bad connectivity with the
> > mirror that you've chosen so trying another mirror would make sense.
>
> Re: multiple mirrors attempts: been there, failed at that!

Well, if you want to provide information about a specific site and
package that failed for you, I will try to install it from that
site and another of my choosing, if you're looking for a sanity test.
Like Chris, I'm skeptical that there's a general issue here but
certainly if there's some specific site and package to try, that's
easy enough for me (or anyone else for that matter ;-) ) to try.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
> > A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
> > > Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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