cygwin x86 setup issue:Can't connect to (null):80

[Jon Turney]

On 26/10/2017 21:40, Jon Turney wrote:
> On 26/10/2017 16:52, Fergus wrote:
>>>> .. we are using our internal cygwin mirror
>>>> .. when we setup x86-setup.exe .. it show download incomplete ..
>>>> I thought perhaps setup couldn't handle a nonstandard port ..
>>
>> Not quite certain what is going on but something is, possibly related
>> to the latest recent up-versioning of the setup-x86 executable to
>> 2.882?
> 
> Since the OPs first mail about their problem (2017-10-15) pre-dates the 
> release of setup 2.882 (2017-10-24), this seems unlikely unless OP is in 
> possession of a time-machine.
> 
>> Forever I have updated Cygwin using a Command Prompt window and the
>> typed command
>> setup-x86.exe -L D:\cyg -R D:\consoleX -gqnm
>> where the key switches are to update to the Cygwin provision located
>> at D:\consoleX from a local mirror located at D:\cyg.
>> (Previously I will have updated x86\setup.ini and x86\setup.ini.sig
>> and augmented x86\release\ so that everything is in place that is
>> needed.)
> 
> I'm not sure what this means.
> 
> There should be no way for you to generate a valid setup.ini.sig (absent 
> possession the Cygwin signing key, or using --no-verify, or using 
> --pubkey to provide an additional key), assuming the setup validates 
> that signature in --local-package-dir mode, which I think it should be.

Oh, I get it.  You're just saying you update the (partial?) mirror in 
'D:\cyg'.  Sorry for the misunderstanding.

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