setup.exe -s site option not working for me

Jon TURNEY jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Fri Aug 28 15:06:00 GMT 2015


On 28/08/2015 15:42, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> I appreciate the response and the provided script, but
> the question remains whether I am doing something wrong
> (and what!) or if setup.exe just isn't working as
> expected (bug?).
>
> Specifically, in the Target field of my shortcut's
> properties, I have:
>
> C:\Users\knellis\Installers\Cygwin\setup-x86_64.exe -d -N -s "http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/"
>
> And, I've tried with and without the trailing slash
> in the URL. No matter, it complains with:

It seems you are not using the right URL.  Try

-s "http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/cygwin/cygwin/"

This is what the link on https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html points to.

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Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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