setup.exe -s (--site) option not working

setup.exe -s (--site) option not working

[David King]

cygwin install, version 2.763

I created a batch file to auto install cygwin with some packages (see below).  When I run the batch file from a command prompt, it just outputs "getUrlToStream failed" multiple times before it ends.  If I take out the -s option and run the batch file, the gui displays and stops on the page to choose a download site and then the next page goes into the package selection gui.  If I quit the gui installer at that point, and then re-run my batch file, the install performs perfectly.  My best guess is that it's loading the previously selected download site in one of the generated setup files.  Is this a known issue or is there a workaround?

The batch file is here:
https://gist.github.com/1630619

The output saved to my setup.log is here:
https://gist.github.com/1630611

RE: setup.exe -s (--site) option not working

[Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]]

David King sent the following at Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:14 PM
>cygwin install, version 2.763
>
>I created a batch file to auto install cygwin with some packages (see
>below). When I run the batch file from a command prompt, it just outputs
>"getUrlToStream failed" multiple times before it ends. If I take out
>the -s option and run the batch file, the gui displays and stops on the
>page to choose a download site and then the next page goes into the
>package selection gui. If I quit the gui installer at that point, and
>then re-run my batch file, the install performs perfectly. My best guess
>is that it's loading the previously selected download site in one of the
>generated setup files. Is this a known issue or is there a workaround?
>
>The batch file is here: https://gist.github.com/1630619
>
>The output saved to my setup.log is here:
>https://gist.github.com/1630611

My GUESS is that setup cannot guess what directory of mirrors.kernel.org
to look in.  The links to mirrors on http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html point
to directories, not to the roots of the servers  Try
  http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/
with or without the training slashes, or maybe
  http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/

Good luck,

- Barry
  Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.

Re: setup.exe -s (--site) option not working

[David King]

Thank you very much Barry.  That was the exact problem.  I was using the urls specified by the gui mirror download list.  Here's my working batch file in case anybody is curious:

-----------------------------------
setup.exe ^
--disable-buggy-antivirus ^
--quiet-mode ^
--site http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/ ^
--packages ^
ruby,^
curl,^
git,^
mingw64-i686-gcc-g++,^
gcc,^
libtool,^
make,^
automake,^
readline,^
libreadline7,^
zlib-devel,^
ncurses,^
vim
-------------------------------------

On Jan 18, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:

> David King sent the following at Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:14 PM
>> cygwin install, version 2.763
>> 
>> I created a batch file to auto install cygwin with some packages (see
>> below). When I run the batch file from a command prompt, it just outputs
>> "getUrlToStream failed" multiple times before it ends. If I take out
>> the -s option and run the batch file, the gui displays and stops on the
>> page to choose a download site and then the next page goes into the
>> package selection gui. If I quit the gui installer at that point, and
>> then re-run my batch file, the install performs perfectly. My best guess
>> is that it's loading the previously selected download site in one of the
>> generated setup files. Is this a known issue or is there a workaround?
>> 
>> The batch file is here: https://gist.github.com/1630619
>> 
>> The output saved to my setup.log is here:
>> https://gist.github.com/1630611
> 
> My GUESS is that setup cannot guess what directory of mirrors.kernel.org
> to look in.  The links to mirrors on http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html point
> to directories, not to the roots of the servers  Try
>  http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/
> with or without the training slashes, or maybe
>  http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> - Barry
>  Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.

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RE: setup.exe -s (--site) option not working

[Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]]

David King sent the following at Friday, January 20, 2012 8:33 AM
>On Jan 18, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
>> David King sent the following at Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:14 PM
>>> cygwin install, version 2.763
>>>
>>> I created a batch file to auto install cygwin with some packages (see
>>> below). When I run the batch file from a command prompt, it just outputs
>>> "getUrlToStream failed" multiple times before it ends. If I take out
>>> the -s option and run the batch file, the gui displays and stops on the
>>> page to choose a download site and then the next page goes into the
>>> package selection gui. If I quit the gui installer at that point, and
>>> then re-run my batch file, the install performs perfectly. My best guess
>>> is that it's loading the previously selected download site in one of the
>>> generated setup files. Is this a known issue or is there a workaround?
>>>
>>> The batch file is here: https://gist.github.com/1630619
>>>
>>> The output saved to my setup.log is here:
>>> https://gist.github.com/1630611
>>
>> My GUESS is that setup cannot guess what directory of mirrors.kernel.org
>> to look in.  The links to mirrors on http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html point
>> to directories, not to the roots of the servers  Try
>>  http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/
>> with or without the training slashes, or maybe
>>  http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/
>
>Thank you very much Barry. That was the exact problem. I was using the
>urls specified by the gui mirror download list. Here's my working batch
>file in case anybody is curious:
>
>-----------------------------------
>setup.exe ^
>--disable-buggy-antivirus ^
>--quiet-mode ^
>--site http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/ ^
>--packages ^
>ruby,^
>curl,^
>git,^
>mingw64-i686-gcc-g++,^
>gcc,^
>libtool,^
>make,^
>automake,^
>readline,^
>libreadline7,^
>zlib-devel,^
>ncurses,^
>vim
>-------------------------------------

Perhaps an elaboration of how to specify the URL this should be added to
setup's help and documentation.

- Barry
  Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.