Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.0.20041119135739.04ab8b90@pop.prospeed.net> X-Sender: Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:59:08 -0500 To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: Compatibility to Windows2003 (64-bit) In-Reply-To: <20041119153306.GF23956@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> References: <6.1.0.6.0.20041119090055.041dd3e0@pop.prospeed.net> <20041119153306.GF23956@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 10:33 AM 11/19/2004, cgf wrote >On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 09:03:10AM -0500, Larry Hall wrote: >>At 03:55 AM 11/19/2004, you wrote: >>>The FAQ says cygwin run on all modern 32 bit versions of Windows, >>>except Windows CE. This includes Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. >>> >>>Is there a plan to make cygwin compatible to Windows2003 (64-bit)? If >>>yes when will it be? >> >>There's not much activity to make Cygwin work in a native 64 bit >>environment at the moment. I'd say that this is waiting for someone >>with the O/S and the interest/skills to make this happen. > >Actually, both Corinna and I have 64 bit platforms these days (mine was >donated by an anonymous benefactor. I still can't get over that). We >have a workaround for previous problems in current versions of cygwin >so, AFAIK, Cygwin should work on 64 bit windows: > >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2004-09/msg00002.html Oh geez, how embarassing.... Sorry for the misinformation folks and thanks for setting things straight Chris. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/