Unable to update/install cygwin

Robert Pendell shinji@elite-systems.org
Mon Mar 23 21:50:00 GMT 2009


Dave Korn wrote:
> Robert Pendell wrote:
>> I was trying to update cygwin but every time I do I keep getting errors
>> from setup-2.bz2.  The error starts as follows...
>>
>> http://cygwin.elite-systems.org//setup-2.bz2 line 5591: syntax error,
>> unexpected STRING, expected NL
>> http://cygwin.elite-systems.org//setup-2.bz2 line 5591: unrecognized
>> line 5591 (do you have the latest setup?)
>>
>> It keeps repeating that second line afterwards.  I tried it again on
>> another computer with a different connection and it gave the same error.
>>  Other mirrors tried were http://mirrors.kernel.org,
>> http://ftp.daum.net, amd http://sourceware.mirrors.tds.net.
> 
>   Yep, confirmed, the setup.ini file looks malformed.  Should be fixed soon.
> 

Cool.  Glad to see it wasn't just me then.

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