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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] WindowMaker, libPropList, andOpenboxsetup.exepackages available for testing


Harold,

still no luck.  we need another data point to isolate the problem .. somebody else needs to try to point setup.exe to that location...

-rich

Harold Hunt wrote:
> 
> Richard,
> 
> Hmm... you mention that you can see the directory with your browser... that
> means that your browser has a connection open to my ftp server... and I'm
> not sure how many connections my server allows per host.  Thus, you may want
> to close your browser, wait a few minutes, then open setup.exe and try to
> connect again (without opening your web browser to that address).  That may
> help...
> 
> Harold
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Richard Drake
> > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:48 AM
> > To: Harold Hunt; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] WindowMaker, libPropList, and Openbox
> > setup.exepackages available for testing
> >
> >
> > Harold,
> >
> > I tried pointing setup.exe to
> > ftp://huntharo-4.user.msu.edu/pub/cygwin/ but it tries to connect
> > and then comes back with "Unable to get setup.ini from
> > ftp://huntharo-4.user.msu.edu/pub/cygwin/";.  I'm a relative
> > newbie .. am i missing something with setup.exe?  (I can see that
> > directory with my browser).
> >
> > -rich
> >
> > PS:  Love the cygwin & cygwin/xfree products!
> >
> >
> > Harold Hunt wrote:
> > >
> > > Point setup.exe at:
> > > ftp://huntharo-4.user.msu.edu/pub/cygwin/
> > >
> > > There is a setup.ini there that has all the XFree86 packages plus
> > > WindowMaker, libPropList, and Openbox.
> > >
> > > I've tested the packages locally, but I'd like someone to do an
> > install on
> > > there system before I post the packages to the mirror network.
> > >
> > > Oh, I also figured out how to do source packages (using the
> > generic Cygwin
> > > build script), so each of these new packages has a source file
> > as well (if
> > > you wish to see what was changed to make them compile on Cygwin).
> > >
> > > Enjoy,
> > >
> > > Harold
> >


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