Incomplete downloads reported across several mirrors

[Lee D. Rothstein]

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!


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