Vcpkg: Cannot download MSYS2

[roelandschoukens]

The download url does not work, it also fails when downloading via a browser.

>vcpkg install icu

The following packages will be built and installed:
    icu[core]:x64-windows
Starting package 1/1: icu:x64-windows
Building package icu[core]:x64-windows...
-- Using cached C:/Users/roeland/lib/vcpkg/downloads/icu4c-61_1-src.tgz
-- Applying patch C:/Users/roeland/lib/vcpkg/ports/icu/disable-escapestr-tool.patch
-- Applying patch failed. This is expected if this patch was previously applied.
-- Applying patch C:/Users/roeland/lib/vcpkg/ports/icu/remove-MD-from-configure.patch
-- Applying patch failed. This is expected if this patch was previously applied.
-- Acquiring MSYS2...
-- Downloading http://repo.msys2.org/distrib/x86_64/msys2-base-x86_64-20181211.tar.xz...
-- Downloading http://repo.msys2.org/distrib/x86_64/msys2-base-x86_64-20181211.tar.xz... Failed. Status: 18;"Transferred a partial file"
CMake Error at scripts/cmake/vcpkg_download_distfile.cmake:172 (message):

      Failed to download file.
      If you use a proxy, please set the HTTPS_PROXY and HTTP_PROXY environment
      variables to "https://user:password@your-proxy-ip-address:port/".
      Otherwise, please submit an issue at https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/issues

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  scripts/cmake/vcpkg_acquire_msys.cmake:76 (vcpkg_download_distfile)
  ports/icu/portfile.cmake:75 (vcpkg_acquire_msys)
  scripts/ports.cmake:71 (include)


Error: Building package icu:x64-windows failed with: BUILD_FAILED
Please ensure you're using the latest portfiles with `.\vcpkg update`, then
submit an issue at https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/issues including:
  Package: icu:x64-windows
  Vcpkg version: 2018.11.23-nohash

Additionally, attach any relevant sections from the log files above.

[Voskrese]

no download problems
on your side of the problem

cd C:/Users/roeland/lib/vcpkg/downloads
wget http://repo.msys2.org/distrib/x86_64/msys2-base-x86_64-20181211.tar.xz

[roelandschoukens]

The download consistently gets interrupted after a few minutes. You cannot reproduce this with wget because wget will automatically resume the download if this happens.

It appears that vcpkg will not attempt to resume interrupted downloads. It is useful to know that you can download packages manually like this.

[PhoebeHui]

@roelandschoukens, thanks for posting this issue!

We can't reproduce this issue locally, here is a workaround may work for you:

1. Download the source code with a web browser from: http://repo.msys2.org/distrib/x86_64/msys2-base-x86_64-20181211.tar.xz
2. Save it inside /downloads/.
3. Run ./vcpkg install icu:x64-windows again

[JackBoosY]

@roelandschoukens You can also use this link to download msys2.

[LilyWangL]

Thanks for posting this issue. Please open a new issue if this is still a problem for you.

[MaverickTse]

This is still a problem. repo.msys2.org is inaccesible from Hong Kong, Japan, Germany, San Francisco, etc...
Is it possible to use sourceforge as the default download source?

[JackBoosY]

@MaverickTse That's msys official site... Just wait for fix would be okay.

[MaverickTse]

The situation has been over a year but MSYS2 side seems ignoring the problem. See:
https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/issues/1098

While i can change vcpkg_acquire_msys.cmake to use China's mirror for my own use, others probably would run into the same issue.... and the version of msys2 is old

[akizminet]

I have the same problem. repo.msys2.org has died.

[JackBoosY]

Since this issue lasts too long, please track #10322.

Thanks.