Greetings, Ulli Horlacher! > On Fri 2018-06-08 (19:41), Andrey Repin wrote:
>> >> 2.) Do a Cygwin build and copy cygwin1.dll >> >> > I already have a /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll on the Windows 8 target system. >> >> It's a wrong architecture. You need a 32-bit one for your 32-bit program. >> >> > Do I have to replace it? >> >> No. >> Just build a 64-bit version of your program. > SIGH. I was hoping a 32 bit cygwin with 32 bit self compiled programs will > run on 64 bit Windows, too. But I was wrong. > Meanwhile I have 4 VMs: > Windows 32 bit with 32 bit cygwin > Windows 32 bit with 32 bit cygwin for compiling > Windows 64 bit with 64 bit cygwin > Windows 64 bit with 64 bit cygwin for compiling You can install both 32 and 64-bit Cygwin on the same machine. So you don't really need 4, while I see how having a build system separate is a good idea. >> > This is what I first did: >> > Transfered the 32 bit cygwin with my self compiled binaries >> >> You have to install Cygwin, not "transfer". > I have several 100 users, none of them is able to install cygwin *You* have to do it. Cygwin offers tools to automate process. > and the packages they need the official way, they are way to *CENSORED* for > this job :-} > I give them my preconfigured cygwin.zip (or cygwin64.zip) and tell them to > unpack it in C:\ > http://fex.belwue.de/usecases/cygwin.html > (This is what I call "transfer cygwin") > This works so far without problems. Only by accident and promise. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Monday, July 9, 2018 5:16:37 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple