On 3/12/2010 10:04 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:41:15AM -0500, George Barrick wrote: >> I've tried a couple of different browsers as well as 'wget' to pull the >> setup.exe file. I swear that I'm not being an idiot. I also went to a >> sub-network here at our organization that implements a different >> router, and wound up with the same bad version of the setup.exe file. >> >> Could it be that there is just something wrong with the link on the >> Cygwin web-site? Perhaps it points to the wrong object? > > Check the archives. Cygwin is a popular project. If the method used > to install it wasn't working there would be more than just a lone voice > complaining that setup.exe was broken.
My corporate firewall decided a few months ago that setup.exe is "suspicious" and has blocked all my attempts to download it. (This is obviously a mistake, since (a) setup.exe is not a "virus", and (b) cygwin itself is already on the "approved product list" according to my IT corporate masters). However, rather than trouble their slumber, and since I already had cygwin installed -- I just downloaded the source code instead via CVS and built my own version. Not really a solution for most people -- and dl/ing at home and just using sneaker-net/thumb-drive would work fine, too. But I didn't want to wait another day. -- Chuck -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
