Re: no-mirror patch for setup.exe

2005-03-13 Thread Evan Tuer
Hello all, I've been attempting to install cygwin on a Windows 98 machine, but although it appears to complete the installation, I suspect that the setup scripts at the end are not run since the resulting bash shell is very bare and none of the commands seem to work (no paths set?). I have tried

no-mirror patch for setup.exe

2005-03-13 Thread Jason Pearce
Actually there is is problem with this binary I posted, it crashes near the end of the install (although the install does seem to work). I don't *think* it is my patch because I have the same results when I compile a clean CVS checkout. I have to look further into it before I can comment any fur

Re: no-mirror patch for setup.exe

2005-03-09 Thread Robert Pendell
Actually this is a good idea as it provides a fail-safe way for someone to update or install via Cygwin should the main website fail again. That is of course in the unlikely event that it should happen. This of course would depend on the person knowing a valid mirror to use but still... On Wed,

no-mirror patch for setup.exe

2005-03-09 Thread Jason Pearce
I want to use setup.exe behind a firewall where it cant see the list of mirrors. This patch creates a -m option for no-mirror. In this case the application will not try to get a list of sites and the user is obliged to provide a valid site with the existing -s switch. BTW - The -h help option d