Re: Technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on 64bit Windows?
On 5/17/2024 11:21 AM, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 16:50, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote: On 2024-05-17 01:48, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: Is there a technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on 64bit Windows? We like to create a CI build pipeline, and want to create binaries for 32bit and 64bit Cygwin on the same machine, but setup.exe for 32bir Cygwin refuses to install Practical reason is 32 bit usage < 1% I would agree for commercial, well-funded enterprises. The situation is much different for funding-starved education, i.e. schools and universities, where Win10 32bit is squatting cheap computers in the *millions*. For example the schools in Paris alone have 22000 active Win10 32bit licenses in 2022 (last time this was counted). and Cygwin is all volunteer, with professionally and/or personally busy developers lacking time to do more. You are on your own with 32 bit dropped, Does Cygwin 3.6 still compile on 32bit? AFAIK, yes, though most folks don't compile it themselves. I just download things. so ask questions on forums like SO. What is SO? StackOverflow. Cheers - Eliot Moss -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on 64bit Windows?
On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 16:50, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote: > > On 2024-05-17 01:48, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > > Is there a technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on > > 64bit Windows? We like to create a CI build pipeline, and want to > > create binaries for 32bit and 64bit Cygwin on the same machine, but > > setup.exe for 32bir Cygwin refuses to install > > Practical reason is 32 bit usage < 1% I would agree for commercial, well-funded enterprises. The situation is much different for funding-starved education, i.e. schools and universities, where Win10 32bit is squatting cheap computers in the *millions*. For example the schools in Paris alone have 22000 active Win10 32bit licenses in 2022 (last time this was counted). > and Cygwin is all volunteer, with > professionally and/or personally busy developers lacking time to do more. > You are on your own with 32 bit dropped, Does Cygwin 3.6 still compile on 32bit? > so ask questions on forums like SO. What is SO? Ced -- Cedric Blancher [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CedricBlancher/] Institute Pasteur -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on 64bit Windows?
On 2024-05-17 01:48, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: Is there a technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on 64bit Windows? We like to create a CI build pipeline, and want to create binaries for 32bit and 64bit Cygwin on the same machine, but setup.exe for 32bir Cygwin refuses to install Practical reason is 32 bit usage < 1% and Cygwin is all volunteer, with professionally and/or personally busy developers lacking time to do more. You are on your own with 32 bit dropped, so ask questions on forums like SO. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on 64bit Windows?
On 17 May 2024, at 09:48, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > > Is there a technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on > 64bit Windows? We like to create a CI build pipeline, and want to > create binaries for 32bit and 64bit Cygwin on the same machine, but > setup.exe for 32bir Cygwin refuses to install How exactly does it "refuse to install" ? If it says "mbox : Cygwin is not supported on 32-bit Windows", you may not have followed the instructions at https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2022-November/252542.html, which say: > To install the last cygwin version for x86, run setup using the options > '--allow-unsupported-windows option --site circa_URL', where circa_URL can be > one of: > * The URL for any sourceware mirror[1], followed by cygwin-archive/20221123 > * > http://ctm.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/2022/11/23/063457 I tried exactly that just now (with the second URL), and it installed OK, with the default package set. This is on a Windows 10 22H2 x64 host. The resulting Cygwin installation appears to work fine, with light testing. -Dimitry -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on 64bit Windows?
Good morning! Is there a technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on 64bit Windows? We like to create a CI build pipeline, and want to create binaries for 32bit and 64bit Cygwin on the same machine, but setup.exe for 32bir Cygwin refuses to install Ced -- Cedric Blancher [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CedricBlancher/] Institute Pasteur -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
