Question regarding cygwin setup.

Question regarding cygwin setup.

[Amit Choudhary]

Hi,

I have noticed that if cygwin setup is running and it is installing
something then if the network connection goes away, then cygwin setup just
goes back to 0% and starts all over again after network comes back (I have
to start it again).

So, if cygwin setup had completed 90% of installation and then network goes
away then it goes back to 0%. So, all the bandwidth used for 90%
installation went to waste and also the time to go till 90% installation
went to waste.

Is it possible that cygwin setup gets stuck on network rather than going
back to 0% and start again when network connection comes back (Obviously
cygwin setup should not be aborted in between).

Normally, TCP connections stay alive for 2 hours before reset, so I guess
cygwin setup can just block on the TCP socket / connection rather than
going back to 0%.

Amit

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Re: Question regarding cygwin setup.

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Amit Choudhary!

> Hi,

> I have noticed that if cygwin setup is running and it is installing
> something then if the network connection goes away, then cygwin setup just
> goes back to 0% and starts all over again after network comes back (I have
> to start it again).

> So, if cygwin setup had completed 90% of installation and then network goes
> away then it goes back to 0%. So, all the bandwidth used for 90%
> installation went to waste and also the time to go till 90% installation
> went to waste.

That's not true.
All already downloaded packages will not be downloaded again.

> Is it possible that cygwin setup gets stuck on network rather than going
> back to 0% and start again when network connection comes back (Obviously
> cygwin setup should not be aborted in between).

Everything is possible. The question is, who would implement it? Are you volunteering?

> Normally, TCP connections stay alive for 2 hours before reset, so I guess
> cygwin setup can just block on the TCP socket / connection rather than
> going back to 0%.

Normally, any sane application will terminate socket way before that.


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Sunday, December 31, 2017 20:56:19

Sorry for my terrible english...


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Re: Question regarding cygwin setup.

[Amit Choudhary]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 11:27 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> wrote:

> Greetings, Amit Choudhary!
>
> > Is it possible that cygwin setup gets stuck on network rather than going
> > back to 0% and start again when network connection comes back (Obviously
> > cygwin setup should not be aborted in between).
>
> Everything is possible. The question is, who would implement it? Are you
> volunteering?
>
>
I can fix this if I get the source code and if someone can let me know how
to compile it (which compiler, etc.)


> > Normally, TCP connections stay alive for 2 hours before reset, so I guess
> > cygwin setup can just block on the TCP socket / connection rather than
> > going back to 0%.
>
> Normally, any sane application will terminate socket way before that.
>

I do not see much point in cygwin setup terminating the socket because if
the internet connection is flaky then it will keep going back to 0%.


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> Andrey Repin
> Sunday, December 31, 2017 20:56:19
>
> Sorry for my terrible english...
>
>
Regards,
Amit

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Re: Question regarding cygwin setup.

[Jon Turney]

On 31/12/2017 18:21, Amit Choudhary wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 11:27 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> 
>>> Is it possible that cygwin setup gets stuck on network rather than going
>>> back to 0% and start again when network connection comes back (Obviously
>>> cygwin setup should not be aborted in between).
>>
>> Everything is possible. The question is, who would implement it? Are you
>> volunteering?
>>
> I can fix this if I get the source code and if someone can let me know how
> to compile it (which compiler, etc.)

[1] points to [2] which has this information.

I don't know how we can make that more obvious.

[1] https://cygwin.com/install.html#source
[2] https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/setup.html

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Re: Question regarding cygwin setup.

[Marco Atzeri]

On 31/12/2017 19:21, Amit Choudhary wrote:

> I can fix this if I get the source code and if someone can let me know how
> to compile it (which compiler, etc.)
> 
> 

https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/setup.html

See README for building instruction



Regards
Marco

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Re: Question regarding cygwin setup.

[Amit Choudhary]

> https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/setup.html
>
> See README for building instruction
>
>
>
> Regards
> Marco
>

Thanks Marco.

Regards,
Amit

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Re: Question regarding cygwin setup.

[Amit Choudhary]

> [1] points to [2] which has this information.
>
> I don't know how we can make that more obvious.
>
> [1] https://cygwin.com/install.html#source
> [2] https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/setup.html
>


I can't get over the fact that you were being cynical. Now, I am not going
to fix cygwin setup and I am also unsubscribing from cygwin mailing list.

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Re: Question regarding cygwin setup.

[Amit Choudhary]

[1] points to [2] which has this information.

>
> I don't know how we can make that more obvious.
>

Please bear with me. Please don't be cynical.


>
> [1] https://cygwin.com/install.html#source
> [2] https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/setup.html
>

I will try to fix it.

Regards,
Amit

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Re: Question regarding cygwin setup

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, raahi 108 wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a Question regarding installing Cygwin.
>
> I usually select packages/app from the setup menu.
> A couple of times i have encountered the problem, wherein
> the server/ftp site is busy or its unavailable. I almost spend like
> 10-15 mins customizing the whole setup, and selecting the
> packages which i need to install. But if the mirror is not working,
> the selections that i made are lost.
>
> What i was wondering is, is there a way to save the 'selection'
> to a file so that even if a particular mirror doesn't work, i can
> select other mirror and invoke the 'selections' made before?
> In this way, i don't have to browse the list again to select the
> packages i require.

Unfortunately, setup has no option to save the selection list.  Pressing
the Back button and changing the mirror may or may not keep your current
selections.  In any case, this problem should only happen if the mirror
goes down in the middle of the download, since it had to have been
available to get the setup.bz2 file.  You could try selecting multiple
mirrors from the mirror list (by holding Ctrl while selecting mirrors) --
that way, if one is unavailable, setup will automatically try another.
	Igor
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Question regarding cygwin setup

[raahi 108]

Hello,

I have a Question regarding installing Cygwin.

I usually select packages/app from the setup menu.
A couple of times i have encountered the problem, wherein 
the server/ftp site is busy or its unavailable. I almost spend like
10-15 mins customizing the whole setup, and selecting the
packages which i need to install. But if the mirror is not working,
the selections that i made are lost. 

What i was wondering is, is there a way to save the 'selection'
to a file so that even if a particular mirror doesn't work, i can 
select other mirror and invoke the 'selections' made before?
In this way, i don't have to browse the list again to select the
packages i require.

Any inputs appreciated.
Thanks in Advance,
Raahi.

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