> On 4/15/2010 6:26 PM, Hussein Patwa wrote: >>> On 4/15/2010 5:56 PM, Hussein Patwa wrote: >>> >>> If reported problems before the release of 1.7 were any indications, >>> you'll >>> find running 1.5 on Windows 7 a sub-par experience. I myself haven't >>> been >>> interested in trying it. >> >> Even if the experience is sub par, I just need the program I'm using to >> be >> able to use the old cygwin dlls. It's a self-contained application but >> has old cygwin dll dependences. > > What are those dependencies? Have you tried it with the current > cygwin1.dll? >
Hi, Well, the problem is now sorted. whereas I didn't find a way to run the old cygwin 1.5 under Windows 7, I did find another version of the utility I was using which contains just the specific dlls necessary for the program to run, specifically cygwin1.dll and crypto-0.9.8.dll. Thanks anyway for your suggestions - I do appreciate you taking the time to respond. >>>> However, I tried running the legacy setup but Cygwin will not start, >>>> with >>>> the Windows 7 Subsystem for Unix complaining of invalid applications >>>> and >>>> .pif files. >>> >>> Can you explain this sentence? No matter how many times I read it, I >>> can't >>> make sense of all the content together. >>> >> >> As for my other statement, what I meant was that I run the legacy setup >> and it completes OK. Then I run the old cygwin and I receve an error >> that >> the Subsystem for Unix applications found an invalid application, and I >> should check my PIF file. I don't understand that error myself. > > That sounds like a complaint from MS's SFU. Are you sure you're not > running that by mistake? > >> If anyone knows how I can get this working I'd be really grateful. I >> don't have access to a virtual machine or another system running an >> older >> OS to try installing the old cygwin there. > > The Cygwin 1.5 series is obsolete and no longer supported. But you can > certainly look in the email archives for discussions of it and Windows 7 > to see if anything there matches your experience or is otherwise helpful. > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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
