Re: [MiKTeX] MikTex downloading problems

[Christian S. <cs...@mi...>]

Christian Schenk wrote:
> Ulrike Fischer wrote:
>> am Donnerstag, 17. Januar 2008 um 12:57 schrieb Pavlina Karasiotou:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>  
>>> I am trying to download and install MikTex 2.7 (Windows Vista) and
>>> the following problem occurs: The downloading procedure starts and
>>> at the point when I am supossed to choose a download source from a
>>> list, I get a completely empty list (no download source options). Do
>>> I have to change some settings in my computer or is there something I am missing here????
>> Others have the same problem:
>>
>> C:\test>mpm --list-repositories
>> No package repositories are currently available.
>>
>> You will have to wait. You could also make a bug report.
>>
> 
> The package manager rejects out-of-date (delay > 10) repositories. I 
> have to release (i.e., upload to CTAN) the primary package repository. 
> This will happen next week.


Addendum: the "Pick out a random repository" option seems to work.