From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 129218 invoked by alias); 12 Jan 2018 19:02:23 -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 129204 invoked by uid 89); 12 Jan 2018 19:02:23 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=brian, inglis, Brian, Inglis X-HELO: smtp-out-no.shaw.ca Received: from smtp-out-no.shaw.ca (HELO smtp-out-no.shaw.ca) (64.59.134.13) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:02:22 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([24.64.240.204]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id a4aoe3j9TZ8gBa4apeeZAt; Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:02:20 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=M/g9E24s c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=MVEHjbUiAHxQW0jfcDq5EA==:117 a=MVEHjbUiAHxQW0jfcDq5EA==:17 a=N659UExz7-8A:10 a=hdraJH7oGDWbb_qpKu8A:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca Subject: Re: Future of 32-bit distro To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <98715417-cabe-7b0f-8767-fd114cc929e8@t-online.de> <1185EB5F-53C1-4F84-BB14-4424F8C60074@Denis-Excoffier.org> <20180112091344.GA20334@calimero.vinschen.de> From: Brian Inglis Message-ID: <3e65ad8a-3ba1-9e6b-ccb6-afee9a8df9ba@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:02:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.5.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfD0puWxtPHbjDYug/FayTpBdLdduaYdHSasOeYD+ZEC5si0AMRoBGuOLTXfc0E3fQb070jKU1wOuRMZlGrreg5ytVqoUUtUiDsMbAmMl14MqoeUxZPO2 NltXDV542b8Fv6vjgHYZA4xsu07xCgSiPUFwgOZOoL94EtgsVnKmrg+Y1uhhFhGXsKbj8UD7GM3wMw== X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-01/txt/msg00115.txt.bz2 On 2018-01-12 11:11, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > On 2018-01-12 03:13, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Jan 11 22:52, Denis Excoffier wrote: >>> The full list contains 8006 lines, i have the complete Cygwin 32bit installation >> >> The bottom line of this is, and it has been said before and I can't >> stress this enough, we can't support this scenario at all, for the >> simple fact that we have more DLLs than fit into the 32 bit address >> space. It's not much of a problem on 64 bit, but on 32 bit it's just >> not feasible anymore. >> >> Ultimately, You should (must) not install all of Cygwin on 32 bit, only >> the set of stuff you need on top of the base category. Or install 64 >> bit Cygwin. > > If it is not possible for the entire 32-bit distribution to function as > a whole, is it time to reconsider how much we provide for 32-bit? And > when can we just drop 32-bit entirely? When the 32 bit toolchain is available under x86_64 for cross builds and testing, and Windows X EoLs 32 bit? It could take a long while for US and other governments and orgs to upgrade all hardware to support 64 bit desktops. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- 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