----- Original Message ----- From: "John Emmas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [Cygwin-ports-general] Mirror signature problem?
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edgar Matzinger" > Sent: 22 December 2008 10:24 > Subject: [Cygwin-ports-general] Mirror signature problem? > > > > LS, > > > > since a few days I get this message when trying to download from the > > cygwin ports mirrors: > > > > Mirror Error: Setup.ini signature > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwinports/setup.bz2.sig > > from http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwinports/ faield to > > verify Possible corrupt mirror? Setup.ini rejected. > > > > Please note that I also get this error when I try to download cygwin > > ports from the repository at sourceware.org! With different paths of > > course. > > > > Can you give some insight? > > > > Thanks, cu l8r, Edgar. > > I had this problem once before and whilst I can't remember exactly what > caused it I do recall that it was a problem at my end. > > Firstly, check that you're using the "-X" parameter when launching > setup.exe. Also, when you get to the page where it says "Local package > directory" check that this is set to the correct folder. Also, check that > you're using the same mirror as last time. > > It might not be any of those things but I'm pretty sure it was something > at my end. Well, the actual problem was probably that the both of you did not follow the steps listed here: http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/ At first, I made the same mistake by not doing this every time, but only in the initial installation, but you must do that every time. What escapes me in step #6 though is that there is not any sight of a downloadable script but you're forced to input that cryptic stuff every time :) Because with these things, one has a near-perfect chance of mistyping something :P -Andreas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
