Unable to update/install cygwin

[Robert Pendell]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Mar 23 17:35, Robert Pendell wrote:
>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>> Robert Pendell wrote:
>>>> I was trying to update cygwin but every time I do I keep getting errors
>>>> from setup-2.bz2.  The error starts as follows...
>>>>
>>>> http://cygwin.elite-systems.org//setup-2.bz2 line 5591: syntax error,
>>>> unexpected STRING, expected NL
>>>> http://cygwin.elite-systems.org//setup-2.bz2 line 5591: unrecognized
>>>> line 5591 (do you have the latest setup?)
>>>>
>>>> It keeps repeating that second line afterwards.  I tried it again on
>>>> another computer with a different connection and it gave the same error.
>>>>  Other mirrors tried were http://mirrors.kernel.org,
>>>> http://ftp.daum.net, amd http://sourceware.mirrors.tds.net.
>>>   Yep, confirmed, the setup.ini file looks malformed.  Should be fixed soon.
>>>
>> Cool.  Glad to see it wasn't just me then.
> 
> This is hopefully fixed now on sourceware.  Should propagate to
> the mirrors soon.
> 
> 
> Corinna
> 

I force updated the mirror that I have and still no go.  Now it produces 
errors for lines 9602 and 9603.

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