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:message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=twm2wbsINxL6nF2Y YCv69D79WqduO2SAJr0vBD4dnN5BPC6HcW2/MICg2fTGD0obcRDrm1VUISMLXo37 QtWJ1/ofGtppF0Ew3PlDG6o8zoMV1N+R2a79vzc+abUshuwihDuTHAA5etQZ+DfE G/kt/XacRh11XrcbT3wXYlUxRLQ= 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:message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=xYSBgLds3z+KijImIR+x/6 +qKWo=; b=TVyuc1ZyTeeCg5JvrkjoystyOJgdRf1x2SHChy0BYuKzu7pgP/KfGJ KJeGerYbY3/5KGRYAoQGExWknfAa+LMlK9ll1QGVYigAWPCCoAot0HwVco5+f0Xu hGowt2DBsSRBPQR0up8kVW1ZvNP8o2HDfRicSGJL7JDMF9B2keTHY= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: vms173015pub.verizon.net Message-id: <526841A9.1050500@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:37:45 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0.1 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: INETUTILS and PING package missing from 64-bit Setup 2.830 References: In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit 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. -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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