Supply multiple mirrors for Cygwin to download from#19
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In the first instance, I think this is a good change that adds a backup without adding complexity. If the |
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As suggested by @Joseph-Edwards in gap-system/gap#6233 (comment)
This doesn't work perfectly, though, as the Cygwin installer will not always switch to the second mirror if the first one fails. In particular, it is not configured to switch mirrors when it encounters
connection error: 12029, which is exactly the error that occured after the recent hardware failure atmirrors.kernel.org.Maybe a more robust solution would be something like
But that does make the action more messy...