On 27/01/2021 14:48, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >>> Is it possible, as an alternative, to upgrade MinGW from a local, >>> manually downloaded repository of packages? >> >> I think Eli has already helped to guide you to the answer for this. > > Once the package files are downloaded, I just unpack them one by one > from the root of my MinGW installation directory. Let me know if you > need some details, or if there are specific problems you bump into. Thanks, Eli. I think the OP had already figured out what to do. An alternative is to download, using the browser, saving the downloaded file in $MINGW_ROOT/var/cache/mingw-get/packages, whence mingw-get can install them, *without* requiring a continuing internet connection. However, the primary motivation for my post was, (in the section which you have elided), to point out that WinXP is long past end-of-life, and its WININET.DLL may no longer be fit for purpose. While we would like to continue to offer support for such moribund Windows versions, it is becoming ever more difficult to do so. The mingw-get dependency on WININET.DLL is a case in point — unless someone volunteers to develop an alternative internet interface, which can circumvent this dependency, it looks as if mingw-get will not be fully supported on WinXP, (and since Vista and Win7 have now also passed end-of-life, it is likely that, in time, we may be forced to abandon support for them too). -- 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: OpenPGP_signature Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 840 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <https://lists.osdn.me/mailman/archives/mingw-users/attachments/20210127/554b6b2f/attachment.sig>
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