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Subject: Re: Technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on 64bit
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On 17/05/2024 17:30, Eliot Moss via Cygwin wrote:
> On 5/17/2024 11:21 AM, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 16:50, Brian Inglis via Cygwin 
>> <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2024-05-17 01:48, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote:
>>>> Is there a technical reason why 32bit Cygwin cannot be installed on
>>>> 64bit Windows? We like to create a CI build pipeline, and want to
>>>> create binaries for 32bit and 64bit Cygwin on the same machine, but
>>>> setup.exe for 32bir Cygwin refuses to install
>>>
>>> Practical reason is 32 bit usage < 1%
>>
>> I would agree for commercial, well-funded enterprises. The situation
>> is much different for funding-starved education, i.e. schools and
>> universities, where Win10 32bit is squatting cheap computers in the
>> *millions*. For example the schools in Paris alone have 22000 active
>> Win10 32bit licenses in 2022 (last time this was counted).
>>
>>> and Cygwin is all volunteer, with
>>> professionally and/or personally busy developers lacking time to do 
>>> more.
>>> You are on your own with 32 bit dropped,
>>
>> Does Cygwin 3.6 still compile on 32bit?
> 
> AFAIK, yes, though most folks don't compile it themselves.

This is not correct, it does not.

Even if it did, it seems wildly optimistic to assume it just works, when 
no-one has been ensuring that it does.


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