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


Just muddled arround with my proxy settings and have connected and done the
update.

Scott.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo@msu.edu>
To: "Richard Drake" <rrdrake@sandia.gov>; <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:31 PM
Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] WindowMaker, libPropList, and
Openboxsetup.exepackages available for testing


> Rich,
>
> I was able to connect to huntharo-4 and grab setup.ini with setup.exe from
> my other machine just fine.
>
> Do you have a firewall or proxy server?  Have you told setup.exe to use
your
> proxy server?
>
> 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 11:20 AM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] WindowMaker, libPropList, and
> > Openboxsetup.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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