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RE: Setup 2.218.2.9 fails to read setup.ini file from prc-tools mirror


You need a trailing / on the custom URL.

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Carl Sorensen
> Sent: Friday, 31 May 2002 9:00 AM
> To: 'Ton van Overbeek'; cygwin-apps@cygwin.com; johnm@falch.net
> Subject: RE: Setup 2.218.2.9 fails to read setup.ini file 
> from prc-tools mirror
> 
> 
> Ton wrote:
> 
> 
> > 
> > One thing Carl could try is to use the latest setup snapshot on
> > http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/.
> > The latest one right now is setup-2.249.exe.
> > See if the problem is still there on XP with that version.
> > 
> 
> I followed this advice
> 
> The result:
> 
> An error window titled "Cygwin Setup" gives the message 
> "Unable to get setup.ini from 
> http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/install";.
> 
> I pointed my 
> browser at http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/install/setup.ini 
> and successfully downloaded a copy of the setup.ini file.
> 
> Two questions:
> (1) is there a way to make setup.exe use the setup.ini from 
> my drive, rather than getting a copy from the prc-tools site?
> 
> (2) Is there something different about the way setup 
> processes http:// mirror sites instead of ftp:// mirror sites?
> 
> Carl
> 
> 


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