From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28179 invoked by alias); 27 Jul 2013 05:20:23 -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 28165 invoked by uid 89); 27 Jul 2013 05:20:23 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,KHOP_THREADED,RDNS_NONE,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 Received: from Unknown (HELO smtp.ht-systems.ru) (78.110.50.177) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 05:20:21 +0000 Received: from [91.78.175.231] (helo=darkdragon.lan) by smtp.ht-systems.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1V2wvM-0007tg-4M; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 09:20:12 +0400 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2.darkdragon.lan) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 05:13:40 -0000 Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 05:28:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <772541565.20130727091340@mtu-net.ru> To: Kenneth Wolcott , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: please update the supported Cygwin package list to be distinct for 32-bit, 64-bit or both; and help on how install both in a merged fashion In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2013-07/txt/msg00614.txt.bz2 Greetings, Kenneth Wolcott! > please update the supported Cygwin package list to be distinct for > 32-bit, 64-bit or both; and help on how install both in a merged > fashion > I noticed cgf's "mirrored" cgwin installation for 64-bit and 32-bit > Cygwin: very nice. > Now, you guys might think I'm 100% nuts, but I download *everything* > and install *everything* from Cygwin, although there is very little > that I configure (I use the applications out-of-the-box). [for > example, I never have configured an ssh server on Cygwin]. > So, not all of the Cygwin packages are 64-bit yet (looking forward to that day). > So, what I would like to do is: > 1. download all 64-bit packages; > 2. download all 32-bit packages that aren't already represented in 64-bit form; > 3. somehow install so that I have everything from both #1 and #2; That's not how things are supposed to work. And all the necessary packages will eventually be updated to 64-bit, or obsoleted/removed. The very simple reason is that you can't load 64-bit DLL into 32-bit process without much fiddling around. > I could do the following: > 1. Download all of the 64-bit Cygwin packages; > 2. Download all of the 32-bit packages (inefficient, but the command > line install is hard to program); > 3. Delete all 32-bit packages that are represented in the 64-bit download; > 4. modify the text file (?) installed_db? > 5. Install from the download directory the 64-bit products; > 6. install from the download directory the 32-bit products; > Now, is there a better way to do this? > Another thought that I had was that I would have two distinct Cygwin > installations, one fully 64-bit and the other one would be fully > 32-bit. > I guess what I'd like to have is a hybrid of cgf's method and the > combination of two distinct Cygwin installations, one 32-bit and the > other 64-bit. You can just use 32-bit installation, if 64-bit is missing anything you're using daily. I see no issues. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 27.07.2013, <09:10> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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