From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 85309 invoked by alias); 24 Oct 2016 15:47:00 -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 85297 invoked by uid 89); 24 Oct 2016 15:46:59 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*RU:10.0.90.82, Hx-spam-relays-external:CMOut01, H*r:CMOut01, H*RU:CMOut01 X-HELO: gproxy7-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com Received: from gproxy7-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com (HELO gproxy7-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com) (70.40.196.235) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with SMTP; Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:46:58 +0000 Received: (qmail 14690 invoked by uid 0); 24 Oct 2016 15:46:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO CMOut01) (10.0.90.82) by gproxy7.mail.unifiedlayer.com with SMTP; 24 Oct 2016 15:46:55 -0000 Received: from box867.bluehost.com ([69.195.124.67]) by CMOut01 with id zTmN1t00r1TMts501TmRje; Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:46:26 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=beT4Do/B c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=x/h8IXy5FZdipniTS+KQtQ==:117 a=x/h8IXy5FZdipniTS+KQtQ==:17 a=L9H7d07YOLsA:10 a=9cW_t1CCXrUA:10 a=s5jvgZ67dGcA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=CH0kA5CcgfcA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=D-MtclKHYiFeM3OKTQwA:9 a=xPqMh3cndbvQ6DpN:21 a=TUXXxBYmZpbLdWiz:21 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=6kGIvZw6iX1k4Y-7sg4_:22 Received: from rrcs-192-154-176-197.sw.biz.rr.com ([192.154.176.197]:44228 helo=[10.1.84.205]) by box867.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.86_1) (envelope-from ) id 1byhSC-0008K2-1a for cygwin@cygwin.com; Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:46:24 -0600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Subject: Re: CancelSynchronousIo could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll From: Vince Rice In-Reply-To: <580E28B7.7000009@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 21:07:00 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <62B2E535-90D5-459A-AFB7-D70D87CA4FC3@solidrocksystems.com> References: <580E28B7.7000009@gmail.com> To: The Cygwin Mailing List X-BWhitelist: no X-Exim-ID: 1byhSC-0008K2-1a X-Source-Sender: rrcs-192-154-176-197.sw.biz.rr.com ([10.1.84.205]) [192.154.176.197]:44228 X-Source-Auth: vrice@solidrocksystems.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: c29saWRycjI7c29saWRycjI7Ym94ODY3LmJsdWVob3N0LmNvbQ== X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-10/txt/msg00264.txt.bz2 > On Oct 24, 2016, at 10:28 AM, Keith Williams wro= te: >=20 > I've read the FAQ. I feel the matter isn't resolved and I haven't been ab= le to use Cywin/XP for a while/ >=20 > Has anyone tried installing Cygwin on Windows XP? The installation doesn'= t work because the applications seem to be linked with newer Windows run-ti= me libs. Bash and dash do not work for example, they're looking for the mis= sing kernel call, CancelSynchronousIo. >=20 > I don't seem able to go back to a working system from the upgrade, and a = new installation doesn't work. >=20 > Given that 32bit Windows 7 and Vista have been around for years, why was = it decided to drop support for Windows XP? Presumably, there's nothing muc= h to be gained by doing this. XP support was dropped in 2.6. If you upgraded to 2.6.x on XP, you didn=E2= =80=99t read the release notes very well. > I uploaded a new Cygwin release 2.6.0-1. >=20 > Please note that this release won't work on Windows XP and Windows > Server 2003 or 2003 R2. At least Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 > are required. Google =E2=80=9Ccygwin time machine=E2=80=9D; it may get you what you need. -- 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