Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

2010-03-02 Thread Csaba Raduly
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:39 PM, wrote: > $ wget -S http://www.tug.org > $ Try it with wget -d -S http://www.tug.org (if cygcheck reports no missing DLL) -- Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://

Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

2010-03-01 Thread Dave Korn
On 01/03/2010 20:39, chethc...@oplink wrote: [ missed one thing in my earlier response: ] > Does setup.exe use wget? Nope, that was the point; try and factor setup.exe out of the equation and see if your problem is with that or in the network. cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports:

Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

2010-03-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 02:39:31PM -0600, chethc...@oplink.net wrote: >> As to the main problem, hmmm. Maybe if you could run it under GDB >> we might get a better look at the error. > >You mean run setup.exe under GDB? Will try it shortly, but: > >> I was going to suggest you try a snapshot of s

Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

2010-03-01 Thread Dave Korn
On 01/03/2010 20:39, chethc...@oplink wrote: > First, using my browser to get to http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst, I get > a "not found on this server" error. I think this file might be > elsewhere. Absolutely not, no way. You have a very serious network problem. Probably a bad proxy server. E

Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

2010-03-01 Thread chethcoat
> As to the main problem, hmmm. Maybe if you could run it under GDB > we might get a better look at the error. You mean run setup.exe under GDB? Will try it shortly, but: > I was going to suggest you try a snapshot of setup.exe with debug > information, but something appears to be wrong with th

Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

2010-03-01 Thread Dave Korn
On 01/03/2010 18:18, chethc...@oplink wrote: > One irritating note: There is no way I can figure out to get > setup.exe tell me what version of Cygwin it thinks it's installing. > How can I verify that the current setup program on the Cygwin web page > is for 1.7 and not 1.5? If it's "setup.ex