xming

[codmccabe]

PS C:\> winget install xming
Found Xming [colinharrison.xming]
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Downloading https://ayera.dl.sourceforge.net/project/xming/Xming/6.9.0.31/Xming-6-9-0-31-setup.exe
An unexpected error occurred while executing the command:
InternetOpenUrl() failed.
0x80072efd : unknown error

I don't know if this is a valid issue, please disregard if it is.

[megamorf]

@codmccabe Thanks for taking the time to report your problem. I'm afraid that you have reported the issue in the wrong project as this appears to be a package related problem rather than with winget itself. Problems with packages should be filed separately in the winget-pkgs repository: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues

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How did I come to that conclusion?

I took the URL listed in your winget CLI output and tried to download the setup file. In Google Chrome this resulted in an ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT error. A download via wget also lead to a connection timeout:

$ wget --verbose --timeout=60 -O /tmp/xming.exe https://ayera.dl.sourceforge.net/project/xming/Xming/6.9.0.31/Xming-6-9-0-31-setup.exe
--2020-12-29 00:30:13--  https://ayera.dl.sourceforge.net/project/xming/Xming/6.9.0.31/Xming-6-9-0-31-setup.exe
Resolving ayera.dl.sourceforge.net (ayera.dl.sourceforge.net)... 172.110.242.68
Connecting to ayera.dl.sourceforge.net (ayera.dl.sourceforge.net)|172.110.242.68|:443... failed: Operation timed out.
Retrying. 

This means that the URL in the xming manifest points to an outdated location:

winget-pkgs/manifests/ColinHarrison/Xming/6.9.0.31.yaml

Line 12 in 687e85e

Url: https://ayera.dl.sourceforge.net/project/xming/Xming/6.9.0.31/Xming-6-9-0-31-setup.exe

[megamorf]

The xming package download link has been updated via #5793. This issue and its duplicate #5770 can be closed once the package installation has been verified to work with the new download URL (when the changes have been replicated to the winget package index).

[codmccabe]

You all rock