Re: Error Installing Cygwin (setup-x86_64.exe & setup-x86) - No setup.ini.sig found.

[Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>]

Greetings, Robert Pace!

> I downloaded the very latest setup-x86_64.exe and setup-x86.exe from
> www.cygwin.com yesterday (version 2.872). I started trying to install
> the 64bit version of cygwin and selected "download only".  I chose a
> mirror from the list, and the download concluded fine.  I then re-ran
> the setup application and chose "install from local directory" and
> selected the folder which held the downloaded files.  The setup
> application then halts installation due to a missing setup.ini.sig.  I
> downloaded the setup application again, and chose a different mirror
> site and and had the setup application save to a different folder.
> Again the installation failed due to setup.ini.sig.  I tried three
> more different mirror sites with the same problem.  I then tried using
> the 32bit setup application and again received the same missing
> setup.ini.sig error.  I read that one can also try running the setup
> application with the -X argument which setup the subfolders for the
> cygwin directory but did not populate them with any of the packages.

> I am running Windows 10 Professional (64bit) build 10565.

> I did install an older version of Cygwin which I had downloaded back
> in January 2015 without issue.  Indicating that there is an issue with
> the latest cygwin setup application.

I can confirm the issue.

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Cygwin Setup
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Unable to get
...\cygwin\install/http%3a%2f%2fftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de%2fpub%2fMirrors%2fsources.redhat.com%2fcygwinports%2f//x86_64/setup.ini.sig
from <localdir>
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ОК   
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Friday, October 16, 2015 18:44:11

Sorry for my terrible english...