[isabelle-dev] NEWS: Windows platform requires x86_64

2017-09-30 Thread Makarius
*** System *** * Windows and Cygwin is for x86_64 only. Old 32bit platform support has been discontinued. This refers to Isabelle/1da2ef1fd8c1. It means that the main application and Cygwin Posix environment are on x86_64, but it is still possible to run native x86-windows tools (notably Poly/ML

[isabelle-dev] Manual installation of x86_64-cygwin

2017-09-30 Thread Makarius
Here are some notes on manual installation of x86_64-cygwin: * Setup tool: http://isabelle.in.tum.de/cygwin_2017/setup-x86_64.exe * Package repository: http://isabelle.in.tum.de/cygwin_2017 * Important packages: curl, perl, perl-libwww-perl, rlwrap, unzip An alternative is to use the Cyg

[isabelle-dev] Remaining uses of 32bit Linux?

2017-09-30 Thread Makarius
Are there remaining uses of a strictly 32bit Linux? Giving that up means we no longer need to provide both x86_64-linux and x86-linux for Isabelle tools. It also shrinks the Linux JDK component significantly. Of course, the important x86-linux Poly/ML will still be there (although it should be pr