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Re: setup.exe crashes on WinXP SP2


<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU>. Reformatting.

Morgan Gangwere wrote:
On 3/12/07, Pranav Peshwe <pranavpeshwe<AT>gmail<DOT>com> wrote:
On 3/9/07, fergus <fergus<AT>bonhard<DOT>uklinux<DOT>net> wrote:
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Don't feed the spammers.

>  >> Also, i could not find the setup.ini file ?
>  >> is it a requirement for setup.exe to run ?
>
> I don't really know why you didn't get setup.ini along with setup.exe
> and release/ when you ran wget. It should be colocated with the file
> setup.exe and the directory release/.
>
> It is not a requirement for setup.exe to run* but I suspect it might be
> a requirement for setup.exe to run properly.
>

Hello,
    It got working with the ini :)
Thanks for the help, Fergus and Igor.
> well, this makes a point that we need to address. I keep this structure:
> N:\Cygtemp\ - Temp dir for cygwin packages
> N:\Documents And Settings\(username)\Desktop\CygSetup.exe
>
> (replace N: with any drive name... like X:\ or Q:\)
>
> i simply point (Cyg)Setup.exe to n:\Cygtemp\ and it picks up the
> mirror automatically. also, i should note that there is no way to get
> _every_ package in the repository. can this be done easily?

What do you mean by "get"? Have you tried 'wget' or 'curl'?

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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