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Re: Question regarding cygwin setup.
On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 11:27 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> wrote:
> Greetings, Amit Choudhary!
>
> > Is it possible that cygwin setup gets stuck on network rather than going
> > back to 0% and start again when network connection comes back (Obviously
> > cygwin setup should not be aborted in between).
>
> Everything is possible. The question is, who would implement it? Are you
> volunteering?
>
>
I can fix this if I get the source code and if someone can let me know how
to compile it (which compiler, etc.)
> > Normally, TCP connections stay alive for 2 hours before reset, so I guess
> > cygwin setup can just block on the TCP socket / connection rather than
> > going back to 0%.
>
> Normally, any sane application will terminate socket way before that.
>
I do not see much point in cygwin setup terminating the socket because if
the internet connection is flaky then it will keep going back to 0%.
>
> --
> With best regards,
> Andrey Repin
> Sunday, December 31, 2017 20:56:19
>
> Sorry for my terrible english...
>
>
Regards,
Amit
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