RE: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-28 Thread Karl M
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:15:33 -0500 > From: cgf > Subject: Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: > Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe > > Is there an echo in here? > >>>There is a new

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 03:54:10PM -0800, Karl M wrote: >> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:03:57 -0500 >> From: cgf >> Subject: Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: >> Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

RE: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-28 Thread Karl M
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:03:57 -0500 > From: cgf > Subject: Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: > Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe > > There is a new version of setup.exe and setup-legacy.exe on cyg

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:20:56PM -0600, Heath Kehoe wrote: >These packages wind up in install_q in do_install_thread(); and so get >passed to Installer::installOne(). As there's no 'install:' field in >setup.ini, the packagesource 'filename' and 'canonical' members are >NULL; and the 'cached'

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-28 Thread Heath Kehoe
Jeremy Bopp wrote: True enough, and hopefully Heath will send along the patches to fix the problem. It just seems in this case that distributing a locally built setup.exe is a bit like hammering a finishing nail with a sledge hammer. Yeah, it works, but it takes far more effort than required t

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-28 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 1/28/2010 3:19 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 02:54:30PM -0600, Jeremy Bopp wrote: >> On 1/28/2010 2:15 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 02:02:44PM -0600, Jeremy Bopp wrote: On 1/28/2010 12:20 PM, Heath Kehoe wrote: > Anyway, for now I'm

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 02:54:30PM -0600, Jeremy Bopp wrote: >On 1/28/2010 2:15 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 02:02:44PM -0600, Jeremy Bopp wrote: >>> On 1/28/2010 12:20 PM, Heath Kehoe wrote: Anyway, for now I'm going to just comment out the call to note() at i

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-28 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 1/28/2010 2:15 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 02:02:44PM -0600, Jeremy Bopp wrote: >> On 1/28/2010 12:20 PM, Heath Kehoe wrote: >>> Anyway, for now I'm going to just comment out the call to note() at >>> install.cc:295 so that my users can do installations without having

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 02:02:44PM -0600, Jeremy Bopp wrote: >On 1/28/2010 12:20 PM, Heath Kehoe wrote: >> Anyway, for now I'm going to just comment out the call to note() at >> install.cc:295 so that my users can do installations without having to >> dismiss that popup 52 times. > >Rather than bui

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-28 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 1/28/2010 12:20 PM, Heath Kehoe wrote: > Anyway, for now I'm going to just comment out the call to note() at > install.cc:295 so that my users can do installations without having to > dismiss that popup 52 times. Rather than build your own copy of setup.exe while you wait for this defect to be

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-28 Thread Heath Kehoe
Heath Kehoe wrote: - Using setup.exe version 2.677 - We have a local mirror which is updated using rsync (daily) - The local mirror is accessed as a network share on the Windows machines, which is mapped to a drive letter. - In setup.exe, select 'Install from Local Directory' - The root directo

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-27 Thread Heath Kehoe
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 03:24:38PM -0600, Heath Kehoe wrote: [snip] We're seeing the same issue. We have a mirror of the cygwin tree (which is updated through rsync) which is made available on a network share, mapped to a drive letter. When running setup we pick 'I

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-27 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 03:24:38PM -0600, Heath Kehoe wrote: > >Richard Toy wrote: >> Both at work and home I install Cygwin on several machines and I keep >> a local cache of the Cygwin install files to reduce the time to >> update. >> >> I always run setup.exe and perform a full install of everyt

Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-27 Thread Heath Kehoe
Richard Toy wrote: Both at work and home I install Cygwin on several machines and I keep a local cache of the Cygwin install files to reduce the time to update. I always run setup.exe and perform a full install of everything. Since upgrading to the latest version of setup, when performing the

"mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading: Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe

2010-01-11 Thread Richard Toy
Both at work and home I install Cygwin on several machines and I keep a local cache of the Cygwin install files to reduce the time to update. I always run setup.exe and perform a full install of everything. Since upgrading to the latest version of setup, when performing the local install from the