RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file (was Re: sourceware.org downtime)

2005-02-07 Thread linda w
I 2nd this request -- wanted to install some other packages but was blocked by the mirrors.txt download -- maybe it could use a cached copy of mirrors.txt to look at other mirror files -- i.e. cache mirrors.txt on the existing mirrors so if cygwin server is down, setup would use existing mirrors

Re: sourceware.org downtime

2005-02-06 Thread linda w
Didn't receive any down message here -- just noticed no server nor email-list activity. Dang -- I hate it when disks get screwed up! The bane of developers and users everywhere. Christopher Faylor wrote: If you were subscribed to this list you should have received email telling you that

Problem with X headers on cygwin-xfree?

2004-02-22 Thread linda w
I downloaded the Tk perl module via cpan and run make. After quite a long run, I get a fatal error that looks like it is from one or more missing headers in the X library. Builds fine on my linux system. Error text: /bin/perl.exe /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.2/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

2003-12-05 Thread linda w
I don't know, but can't you remap it rather than changing the default X-server behavior? Certainly seems like something that should be user-remapable for kiosk type installationscan't have just everyone going around killing off your kiosk, ya know. Jack Tanner wrote: Er, so