Keith Marshall to Anton Shepelev: > > 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. For the time being, I have trouble with only a minority of HTTPS websites, usually of commerical nature. > 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 :-) I shall miss the times when I upgraded or replaced my PC only when something broke, but never ever earlier. This PC will outlive its usefullness... I strongly dislike the aesthetics of the recent versions of Windows with its vector graphics and blurry high-dpi scaling of legacy applications (which has to be turned off explicitely). I must seek a Linux with a raster GUI. > 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). Thank you -- renaming profile.xml has helped, but an error occured during the upgrade of gcc, mingwrt, and w32api via the new GUI installation manager: mingw-get: *** ERROR *** libgomp-4.8.1-4-mingw32-dll-1.tar: invalid manifest; no references -- () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ http://preview.tinyurl.com/qcy6mjc [archived]
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