mirror no longer listed

mirror no longer listed

[Jeffrey Beckstrom]

When I originally installed cygwin, I did so from the cygwin.mirror.constant.com mirror. That site is no longer listed as a mirror. What do I need to do in cygwin to change to a different mirror such that cygwin remembers what I already have installed. Do I just rename the folder on my PC that has the mirror's name to a new name?


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Re: mirror no longer listed

[Marco Atzeri]

On 08/03/2018 20:48, Jeffrey Beckstrom wrote:
> When I originally installed cygwin, I did so from the cygwin.mirror.constant.com mirror. That site is no longer listed as a mirror. What do I need to do in cygwin to change to a different mirror such that cygwin remembers what I already have installed. Do I just rename the folder on my PC that has the mirror's name to a new name?
> 

the list of installed package is in /etc/setup/installed.db
not in the cache folder.

No need for rename.

Regards
Marco

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Re: mirror no longer listed

[R0b0t1]

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 2:04 PM, Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/03/2018 20:48, Jeffrey Beckstrom wrote:
>>
>> When I originally installed cygwin, I did so from the
>> cygwin.mirror.constant.com mirror. That site is no longer listed as a
>> mirror. What do I need to do in cygwin to change to a different mirror such
>> that cygwin remembers what I already have installed. Do I just rename the
>> folder on my PC that has the mirror's name to a new name?
>>
>
> the list of installed package is in /etc/setup/installed.db
> not in the cache folder.
>
> No need for rename.
>

The question seemed to be geared towards avoiding redownloading files,
but I am not sure this would ever come into play. Reinstallation of a
package, perhaps?

Cheers,
     R0b0t1

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Re: mirror no longer listed

[Brian Inglis]

On 2018-03-08 12:48, Jeffrey Beckstrom wrote:
> When I originally installed cygwin, I did so from the 
> cygwin.mirror.constant.com mirror. That site is no longer listed as a
> mirror. What do I need to do in cygwin to change to a different mirror such
> that cygwin remembers what I already have installed. Do I just rename the
> folder on my PC that has the mirror's name to a new name?
Setup remembers the packages and versions installed, separately from the last
mirror used for downloads, so just pick another close mirror and use it.

See:
	https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html#mirroradmin

which explains that mirrors are polled regularly to check they are current, and
dropped temporarily from the mirror list, if not up to date with the latest
packages and versions.
"So, it is expected that from, time-to-time, your site may fall off the mirror
list temporarily."
You could just wait to see if your mirror returns to the list, if it is the only
mirror close to you on the Internet.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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