Works like a limpid stream... Fantastic!
Best, Lawrence Habahbeh [HG_resize.png] Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 at 5:01 AM, Takashi Yano via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 02:32:00 +0100 > Olivier Souan wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am an enthusiastic user of Cygwin since a few years but now I cannot > > download a functioning 32-bit setup-x86.exe from cygwin.com. > > > > Indeed, the webpage "https://www.cygwin.com/install.html"; reads: > > > > "About 32 bit Cygwin > > The limited address space of 32 bit Windows means that random failures > > in the fork(2) system call are more likely. Therefore, we recommend > > using 32 bit Cygwin only in limited scenarios, with only a minimum of > > necessary packages installed, and only if there's no way to run 64 bit > > Cygwin instead. > > You have been warned. If you're still sure you really need a 32 bit > > Cygwin, and there's absolutely no way around it, you may run the > > setup-x86.exe [link to https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe] > > installer. The signature can be used to verify the validity of this > > binary." > > > > However, when downloaded on a 32-bit computer from the abovementioned > > link, setup-x86.exe yields the following error message: > > > > "Cygwin is not supported on 32-bit Windows." > > > > (I need this support to run legacy apps and do some low-level back-end > > development). Moreover, since a few months/weeks, downloading with my > > version setup-x86.exe (2.905) is impossible: after selecting a random > > download website, the following error message appears: > > > > "The current .ini file requires at least version 2.924 of setup. > > Please download a newer version from > > https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe"; > > > > Where can I find a 32-bit version of 2.924 setup-x86 ? > > > > If 32-bit support is really not possible, would that be at least > > possible either to: > > > > 1) Offer a truly functioning 32-bit version of setup-x86.exe, distinct > > from setup-x86_64.exe, or > > 2) Open a legacy 32-bit download site where all the 32-bit compliant > > packages would be stored. > > > https://cygwin.com/install.html#unsupported > https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2022-December/252573.html > > You should add command line options to setup-x86.exe: > setup-x86.exe --allow-unsupported-windows --site > http://ctm.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/2022/11/23/063457 > > -- > Takashi Yano takashi.y...@nifty.ne.jp > > > -- > 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 -- 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
