From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22143 invoked by alias); 25 Apr 2014 19:15:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 22130 invoked by uid 89); 25 Apr 2014 19:15:50 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org Received: from mho-03-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.66) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:15:49 +0000 Received: from pool-173-76-43-57.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([173.76.43.57] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Wdlb9-000C7E-KV for cygwin@cygwin.com; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:15:47 +0000 Received: from ednor (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with SMTP id 3C85F600D0 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:15:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ednor (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:15:45 -0400 X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1/NhDgwNIaXUnRmtW4tAGFN Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:15:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 64-bit vs. 32-bit Message-ID: <20140425191545.GA5191@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <535AA7C5.1080002@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <535AA7C5.1080002@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SW-Source: 2014-04/txt/msg00586.txt.bz2 On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 08:21:57PM +0200, Erwin Waterlander wrote: >Op 25-4-2014 20:13 Tom Szczesny schreef: >> result from uname -a >> CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 Toshiba 1.7.17(0.262/5/3) 2012-10-19 14:39 i686 Cygwin > >uname -a on 64 bit cygwin should say something like: > >CYGWIN_NT-6.1 PC2 1.7.28(0.271/5/3) 2014-02-09 21:06 x86_64 Cygwin > >Note there is no "WOW64", and there is a "x86_64". > >>Sorry that I was not clear. I have an open source app (hosted on >>github.com) that was developed for Linux. It compiles and works on >>Windows-64 using my current version of Cygwin, but I suspect that I am >>getting a 32-bit executable as a result. >> >>I wish to get a 64-bit executable, which I intend to redistribute to >>other Windows users. >> >>Do I need to uninstall my 32-bit version of Cygwin from my laptop >>before I install the 64-bit version of Cygwin? >> >No, you can have both 32 and 64 bit Cygwin installed. Right. Just install the 64-bit Cygwin in a different location. Note that if you distribute your executable you will have to pay attention to the terms of the GPL - you'll need to provide all of the source code for everything you distribute, including the Cygwin DLL. cgf -- 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