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Date:	Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:37:45 -0400
From:	"Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: INETUTILS and PING package missing from 64-bit Setup 2.830
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On 10/23/2013 3:20 PM, Charles Butterfield wrote:
> Also noticed that "inetutils" package is missing from 64-bit.
> Also noticed that "ping" package is missing from 64-bit.
>
> Gosh - I use both of these on occasion. I'm now feeling I may have made
> a  mistake in upgrading to 64-bit.
>
> My questions:
>
> 1) Is there some way to install and run the 32-bit versions of the
> packages that are missing from the 64-bit distro?
> 2) Are the missing packages "Just around the corner" 3) Should I just
> pack it in, nuke my 64-bit setup and revert to 32-bits? I
> had been hoping that the 64-bit version would fix some of the limitations of
> running 32-bit shell and apps on a 64-bit Win8 platform (e.g. the System32
> and SysWOW64 craziness, and confusing names), but the current Cygwin 64-bit
> rough edges are making me uneasy. Am I missing something?

You have a couple of Cygwin-specific choices:

   1. Install the 32-bit versions of the packages that you use and which
      aren't available yet for the 64-bit version.

   2. Just install the 32-bit version for now.


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