From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32519 invoked by alias); 27 Jul 2013 06:20:24 -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 32488 invoked by uid 89); 27 Jul 2013 06:20:23 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,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 06:20:22 +0000 Received: from [91.78.175.231] (helo=darkdragon.lan) by smtp.ht-systems.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1V2xrP-00005N-Qm; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:20:11 +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 06:11:33 -0000 Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 07:26:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <811748916.20130727101133@mtu-net.ru> To: LRN , 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: <51F35A80.7090008@gmail.com> References: <51F34FA0.50300@gmail.com> <51F35A80.7090008@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2013-07/txt/msg00618.txt.bz2 Greetings, LRN! > Try this: > run %ComSpec% >> mklink /D %SystemRoot%\System32\cygwin c:\cygwin64 >> mklink /D %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\cygwin c:\cygwin32 > Then edit your user envrionment valriable table and add > %SystemRoot%\System32\cygwin\bin to PATH. > This way you will run 32-bit cygwin programs from 32-bit programs, and > 64-bit programs from 64-bit programs. That raise a question. Isn't 32-bit Cygwin apps compiled 64-bit aware? > That is, if you start c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe, it'll run 64-bit > apps, while c:\windows\syswow64\cmd.exe will only run 32-bit apps. > Obviously, you need to set up symlinks as Administrator, or give > yourself the SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege privilege. Changing the > contents of system directories might also require you to be the > Administrator (not sure). -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 27.07.2013, <10:10> 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