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Re: Unable to update/install cygwin
On Mar 23 18:32, Robert Pendell wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> On Mar 23 17:35, Robert Pendell wrote:
>>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> Robert Pendell wrote:
>>>>> I was trying to update cygwin but every time I do I keep getting errors
>>>>> from setup-2.bz2. The error starts as follows...
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cygwin.elite-systems.org//setup-2.bz2 line 5591: syntax error,
>>>>> unexpected STRING, expected NL
>>>>> http://cygwin.elite-systems.org//setup-2.bz2 line 5591: unrecognized
>>>>> line 5591 (do you have the latest setup?)
>>>>>
>>>>> It keeps repeating that second line afterwards. I tried it again on
>>>>> another computer with a different connection and it gave the same error.
>>>>> Other mirrors tried were http://mirrors.kernel.org,
>>>>> http://ftp.daum.net, amd http://sourceware.mirrors.tds.net.
>>>> Yep, confirmed, the setup.ini file looks malformed. Should be fixed soon.
>>>>
>>> Cool. Glad to see it wasn't just me then.
>>
>> This is hopefully fixed now on sourceware. Should propagate to
>> the mirrors soon.
>>
>>
>> Corinna
>>
>
> I force updated the mirror that I have and still no go. Now it produces
> errors for lines 9602 and 9603.
I fixed that problem a couple of minutes later, maybe your mirror
was a bit too early.
Corinna
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