Re: [Mingw-users] MinGW can no longer be installed using MinGW-get

[Keith M. <kei...@us...>]

On 02/07/13 13:59, Lutz Kohlrausch wrote:
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. Juni 2013 um 21:53 Uhr
> Von: "Keith Marshall"
>
>> mingw-get really does try *very* hard, to establish a connection for
>> each and every individual download file URL; it performs up to 25
>> retries *per* *file*, with each attempt persisting for the full time out
>> duration as specified in your internet explorer configuration.
>
> Where do I find this time-out duration configuration option? I'd like to
> raise it, but cannot find a timeout setting in "Internet Options".
> When I ask google I find registry hacking instructions. Surely this is
> not what you meant?

If that's the only way in which Microsoft support it, then yes, that's 
exactly what I meant.  It's a global setting, (not mingw-get specific), 
and I've never felt the slightest inclination to fiddle with it.

-- 
Regards,
Keith.