X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 814EE384AB75 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1715959340; bh=PSPIStuINjVMrxs+aXAWq5+GDAMtwjp0hXM5p5tPE94=; h=References:In-Reply-To:Date:Subject:To:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To: From; b=bGMVQS+jdhmBcqRRt1QkUbSrFCPRUqrgrnVF/MlY6TEayj8rM3trPjpN1/B7Uhyig f+u5MqfqFRdW3I584hIYTbh7cgQAIgC0RN9/fDM3MaHGwGT1pGbYwUFIIjjqLyGjNq EGVU0Ayt9WDm/InAX+k5H6i2yW8ighBKSfH6bqVo= X-Original-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: cygwin@cygwin.com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 52BBA384AB42 ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 52BBA384AB42 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1715959317; cv=none; b=W6PxO4SRfxvi2IpI9FOjyB2H3oUtGRsCVGB9RQyacwd41n9HOCR+AfTW0iwVcFy4YjXW9UOR0RC8T7SyR4hj+ZawILv29yGkSDMeUhwf9Q8+tkjbtFXmefMKCmqGTqHVm/kpVEqFJB5+n2ednROlaeGr+ee1Dqb9tC3vlEgzG1E= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1715959317; c=relaxed/simple; bh=MdrJ6bT0+s/VSN3Tm9R8QIF8+I/SnKdZBnIn6zvPXeE=; h=DKIM-Signature:MIME-Version:From:Date:Message-ID:Subject:To; b=Zy9uRtN0Uxs3tIp/jVCDvFtsBGxBiAq/UZpgQ4+Fj9pF0qOrgNMo5AwVZ1qz8zzdY5P93nxeW9mLGNcoBcjN9W+Vq4of+cwX8gqK634AUXZqmc/O7Wrb3RFVQYRiM0NOreQ0nO/Rdwkgzg6VKALWkwlbbFXmbUuWqXso84zc4Fc= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1715959314; x=1716564114; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=3i84LNROsmxgC/pgcUt0jKr6mHEkk8g5awRUpHukQeY=; b=UK9400y536JTxydgW1sdnCsc6oaRwFsh0E8X/bL5xZ3Ua2UiS3i1zo2lh8FDKTIRtG KdmaSCuzb+Ptq/3JZiTcj50lD/FaK0ZlzZD0BrZcZnK5TDUKFquAy+DS0PM+ryY9E1X1 ik57/qBF+GCYNLASKzCPqwHVtvnzT8Z8D7yzPKhz8LSrCoME863w8EipGSbPWfjyLTiW TzT0CjIgsDBLDfZdpd+wNqsqWAHY3/TuKPFHQiA5BrT9+Hli78sArz806p1s7miZWf3s QL4P54x7dPurYIX1hGq/tD3GawUOEFz7YqSAyoLuwJtI0MO8za2PkEo2DAFk9yZDAz0W DOAQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyHMgIJzUkmHpo9zMbvZB2iQVmLxgmwrbKn8TanageJgllzJDdj Aj1o250ipLMDxRzL5k+fLmbXgmPcUfWqy1+99HEHsI3e3KWMDhnIptS70ZPaSHFE56/kHp1fLnm vUS8NCDUxzxCe6YYY2Uspi+RoXTeSoQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHnrWD4M6gY7RE6fAJt6AzEBIFuQkuSNk2YLMjF3ZkDTco8edt0ZcU0Bd4ViO1qPVZq+/XFGP3oNJmoWstyYk8= X-Received: by 2002:a50:cd1a:0:b0:575:abf:ca8b with SMTP id 4fb4d7f45d1cf-5750abfcc7amr3280787a12.8.1715959313569; Fri, 17 May 2024 08:21:53 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 17:21:17 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on 64bit Windows? To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Cedric Blancher via Cygwin Reply-To: Cedric Blancher Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "Cygwin" On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 16:50, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote: > > On 2024-05-17 01:48, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > > Is there a technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on > > 64bit Windows? We like to create a CI build pipeline, and want to > > create binaries for 32bit and 64bit Cygwin on the same machine, but > > setup.exe for 32bir Cygwin refuses to install > > Practical reason is 32 bit usage < 1% I would agree for commercial, well-funded enterprises. The situation is much different for funding-starved education, i.e. schools and universities, where Win10 32bit is squatting cheap computers in the *millions*. For example the schools in Paris alone have 22000 active Win10 32bit licenses in 2022 (last time this was counted). > and Cygwin is all volunteer, with > professionally and/or personally busy developers lacking time to do more. > You are on your own with 32 bit dropped, Does Cygwin 3.6 still compile on 32bit? > so ask questions on forums like SO. What is SO? Ced -- Cedric Blancher [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CedricBlancher/] Institute Pasteur -- 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