X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=ur LzxHHgwByQrxUGKoYAwe84M1R51iWjdTLMSvxIFPDm1CakB73RW9UkSCUfLILUWq 8z1sZN5N6lD3cfeOi2x/Ce0MWwJUxng/aBnY6wEOSBc4SdiYxjs/+0PjYkcWJcE2 J9EOiWm4cfwot8vP3FUPCR0ntRt3UKlUhXGT5foYg= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; s=default; bh=V06Tcc9J TUAC/Cz+uktLrIrDsQk=; b=ejPTN2UZWuMwc6yNGsAsxNhCDgSFaN6SXv+3SVvm HpIvl+pzQ7xXXLTQL/OldC+bO7NP+oYXoMLDFqYrFdXanZvWKlJg8jGgnXud8ew9 yeFE4ZCxmXriTPVhttvQ+XWvRb0l7xban8j8DOiUdHF67MQsvRKmYS/YYsXblbT5 EKE= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.69.129 with SMTP id z1mr1281212qai.88.1377443106334; Sun, 25 Aug 2013 08:05:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130823191601.GA1446@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <52162CA9 DOT 9080002 AT etr-usa DOT com> <20130822171419 DOT GQ2562 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20130823094919 DOT GT2562 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <52178ED2 DOT 4090806 AT etr-usa DOT com> <5217A8A2 DOT 7060700 AT cygwin DOT com> <20130823191601 DOT GA1446 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:05:06 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Why are the 32- and 64-bit cygwin1.dlls incompatible? From: Earnie Boyd To: Andrey Repin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > I was having a private chat with Corinna about this. > > Her doubts above mirror mine. I wonder if this will add to the traffic > from people who, e.g., expect their java apps to understand Cygwin ptys. > Now we will have people who don't understand why their 32-bit screen > doesn't work under 64-bit Cygwin mintty. > > The original error message was certainly not clear but maybe we need > to have something like: > > "Can't run 32-bit Cygwin programs in a 64-bit Cygwin environment" What about CYGWIN=32bitCygwinExec or some such? And what about the other direction? It is clear that some operations cannot occur especially pty but that is still true with execing any Windows program. I don't see this being too big an extra burden on support. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple