From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12688 invoked by alias); 1 Feb 2011 18:14:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 12562 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Feb 2011 18:14:19 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,TW_BJ,TW_IB,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from lo.gmane.org (HELO lo.gmane.org) (80.91.229.12) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:14:14 +0000 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PkKjw-00038n-Tx for cygwin@cygwin.com; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:14:08 +0100 Received: from 0x4dd74093.adsl.cybercity.dk ([77.215.64.147]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:14:08 +0100 Received: from jsm by 0x4dd74093.adsl.cybercity.dk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:14:08 +0100 To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: =?UTF-8?B?SsO4cmdlbiBTdGVlbnNnYWFyZA==?= Subject: Re: Where to find a reliable provider of CygwinX? Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:14:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: <4D48169F.3030607@steensgaard.org> <4D48376C.8070204@cygwin.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 In-Reply-To: <4D48376C.8070204@cygwin.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-02/txt/msg00012.txt.bz2 Thanks for the guidance. But: yes, I refer to a provider on the list of=20 mirrors found in setup.exe; and yes, I realise the difficulty to ensure=20 consistency and the urge to put responsibilities on mirror owners. Some=20 mechanism of mirror authorisation is in my opinion needed. Is the original distribution available to common users? Or at least=20 details of the contents? If not, I have no reference system and cannot=20 identify derivations? Do remember that the impressions left by inconsistencies will stick also=20 on the original -- which is actually fair. J=C3=B8rgen On 01/02/2011 17:40, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 2/1/2011 11:26 AM, J=C3=B8rgen Steensgaard wrote: >> On 01/02/2011 16:45, marco atzeri wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:20 PM, J=C3=B8rgen Steensgaard wrote: > > > >>>> So: please give me some advice on where to find a provider of all >>>> packages >>>> and preferably also some about how packages have been tested for >>>> completeness. >>> >>> any mirror should contain all the packages. >> >> I agree that this should be the case, but experience that it is not. The >> absence of X and xinit from one provider and presence in another is >> more than >> annoying. >> >>> The problem you see is more likely due to the fact that libjpeg62 is >>> an obsolete package, >>> So to see it on the "select packages" window list you need to unset >>> "hide obsolete packages" in the left down corner of the window . >> >> Thank you for a hint to work around this particular situation. My main >> objective is to discuss distribution consistency. > > As you know, you get Cygwin from a mirror. Mirrors are not controlled by > cygwin.com. So if you're having trouble with a mirror or its content, > it's best to contact the mirror provider directly. Otherwise you can email > Cygwin's sourcemaster. But before doing any of that, please make sure that > the mirror you're choosing is on the list of active mirrors. You can find > the list of active mirrors (which 'setup.exe' references) along with > details > of how it's maintained here: > > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple