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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
To: "thomas" <tom@huno.net>, <cygwin@cygwin.com>
References: <7916445640.20021121213235@huno.net> <01c901c291a1$476f16a0$78d96f83@pomello> <1119233000.20021121221902@huno.net>
Subject: Re: old cygwin distributions
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:08:58 -0000
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thomas <tom@huno.net> wrote:

>>> i'd like to get pre-1.3
>>> distributions, including version-matching devel soft (gcc, make,
>>> ...).
>
>> Why?
>
> the most recent one is broken, see "1.3.15 (and earlier): cdrecord
> fifo bug" from today sent to the list by me.
> why aren't they available?

Because Cygwin policy for as long as I have used it has been to keep current
and previous versions.
And this has been just fine.

> any chance to downgrade somehow?

Well, theoretically, you could rebuild an older version from cvs. But it
would probably be easier to help track down the bug and get it fixed.

Max.



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