Re: setup doesnt work at all and searching the archives doesntwork either

2003-07-05 Thread Wayne
"I've given up on cygwin but I'm letting you know fwiw that the installer seems incredibly broken." You would do well to consider the ideas here: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#id2758985 There is nothing wrong with having a problem making a piece of software work, there is so

Re: setup doesnt work at all and searching the archives doesntwork either

2003-07-05 Thread Cliff Hones
Jordan Bortz wrote > It does nt work at all..Like...it refuses to download the list of mirrors; > if I install from a local disk, it shows hardly any packages in the > avaialble list. > > When it attempts to install something, what it usually install is just the > directories. > > I could go on a

Re: setup doesnt work at all and searching the archives doesntwork either

2003-07-05 Thread Max Bowsher
Jordan Bortz wrote: > It does nt work at all..Like...it refuses to download the list of mirrors; > if I install from a local disk, it shows hardly any packages in the > avaialble list. > > When it attempts to install something, what it usually install is just the > directories. > > I could go on an

Re: setup doesnt work at all and searching the archives doesntwork either

2003-07-05 Thread Jordan Bortz
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Re: setup doesnt work at all and searching the archives doesntwork either

2003-07-04 Thread Robert Collins
On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 11:58, Robert Collins wrote: > On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 11:24, Jordan Bortz wrote: > > So it goes without saying that I cant believe it doenst work; the setup > > fails completely on XP whether I run from local disk or from internet > > > > Is this a known problem or what? >

Re: setup doesnt work at all and searching the archives doesntwork either

2003-07-04 Thread Robert Collins
On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 11:24, Jordan Bortz wrote: > So it goes without saying that I cant believe it doenst work; the setup > fails completely on XP whether I run from local disk or from internet > > Is this a known problem or what? > I mean it doesnt work at all...it usually doesnt find any pa