On 10/01/2020 19:47, Anton Shepelev wrote: > Keith Marshall: >> Web security technologies have advanced, significantly, >> since Microsoft pulled the plug on WinXP; it is becoming >> increasingly difficult to continue supporting web access >> from WinXP > > It is a shame that so simple a task as downloading a file > should require relatively new OS and software. Stable > protocols are a blessing. It's because most download sites now use HTTPS, and require certified authentication; WinXP is simply too old to reliably support that. It reached end-of-life several years ago, as did WinVista somewhat more recently. Win7 will go the same way, within the coming week; Microsoft want you to upgrade to Win10 ... or you could move to something with better legacy support :-) > The installer created > > C:\MinGW\libexec\mingw-get\ and > C:\MinGW\bin\mingw-get.exe > > but reported some errors. Here is the complete installation > log (let me know if I should have provided a pastebin link > instead): Pasting it in-line is fine; indeed, it is preferable, unless you need to post more than the 140 kB data limit for the list. > mingw-get: *** INFO *** setup: unpacking mingw-get-0.6.3-mingw32-pre-20170905-1-bin.tar.xz > mingw-get: *** INFO *** setup: unpacking mingw-get-0.6.3-mingw32-pre-20170905-1-gui.tar.xz > mingw-get: *** INFO *** setup: unpacking mingw-get-0.6.3-mingw32-pre-20170905-1-lic.tar.xz > mingw-get: *** INFO *** setup: unpacking mingw-get-setup-0.6.3-mingw32-pre-20170905-1-dll.tar.xz > mingw-get: *** INFO *** setup: unpacking mingw-get-setup-0.6.3-mingw32-pre-20170905-1-xml.tar.xz > mingw-get: *** INFO *** setup: updating installation database > mingw-get: *** INFO *** setup: register mingw-get-0.6.3-mingw32-pre-20170905-1-bin.tar.xz > mingw-get: *** INFO *** setup: register mingw-get-0.6.3-mingw32-pre-20170905-1-gui.tar.xz > mingw-get: *** INFO *** setup: register mingw-get-0.6.3-mingw32-pre-20170905-1-lic.tar.xz > mingw-get: *** INFO *** setup: installation database updated Good. That looks like the OSDN.net version. However... > mingw-get: *** ERROR *** http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/package-list.xml.lzma?download:cannot open URL; status = 12157 > mingw-get: *** ERROR *** Sync Repository: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/package-list.xml.lzma?download: download failed > mingw-get: *** ERROR *** http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingw32-package-list.xml.lzma?download:cannot open URL; status = 12157 > mingw-get: *** ERROR *** Sync Repository: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingw32-package-list.xml.lzma?download: download failed > mingw-get: *** ERROR *** http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingw32-contrib-package-list.xml.lzma?download:cannot open URL; status = 12157 > mingw-get: *** ERROR *** Sync Repository: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingw32-contrib-package-list.xml.lzma?download: download failed > mingw-get: *** ERROR *** http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/msys-package-list.xml.lzma?download:cannot open URL; status = 12157 > mingw-get: *** ERROR *** Sync Repository: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/msys-package-list.xml.lzma?download: download failed ...this suggests that you still have an obsolete profile.xml, which is directing catalogue update requests to SF.net. You need to edit that, to make its repository references match the new defaults.xml, (or just move it away, so defaults.xml will be used instead). -- Regards, Keith. Public key available from keys.gnupg.net Key fingerprint: C19E C018 1547 DE50 E1D4 8F53 C0AD 36C6 347E 5A3F -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 833 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <https://lists.osdn.me/mailman/archives/mingw-users/attachments/20200110/06110bd6/attachment.sig>
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