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Re: incomplete/corrupted setup.exe
On 3/12/2010 10:04 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:41:15AM -0500, George Barrick wrote:
>> I've tried a couple of different browsers as well as 'wget' to pull the
>> setup.exe file. I swear that I'm not being an idiot. I also went to a
>> sub-network here at our organization that implements a different
>> router, and wound up with the same bad version of the setup.exe file.
>>
>> Could it be that there is just something wrong with the link on the
>> Cygwin web-site? Perhaps it points to the wrong object?
>
> Check the archives. Cygwin is a popular project. If the method used
> to install it wasn't working there would be more than just a lone voice
> complaining that setup.exe was broken.
My corporate firewall decided a few months ago that setup.exe is
"suspicious" and has blocked all my attempts to download it. (This is
obviously a mistake, since (a) setup.exe is not a "virus", and (b)
cygwin itself is already on the "approved product list" according to my
IT corporate masters).
However, rather than trouble their slumber, and since I already had
cygwin installed -- I just downloaded the source code instead via CVS
and built my own version.
Not really a solution for most people -- and dl/ing at home and just
using sneaker-net/thumb-drive would work fine, too. But I didn't want to
wait another day.
--
Chuck
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