> On Oct 24, 2016, at 10:28 AM, Keith Williams <keith.dev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've read the FAQ. I feel the matter isn't resolved and I haven't been able > to use Cywin/XP for a while/ > > Has anyone tried installing Cygwin on Windows XP? The installation doesn't > work because the applications seem to be linked with newer Windows run-time > libs. Bash and dash do not work for example, they're looking for the missing > kernel call, CancelSynchronousIo. > > I don't seem able to go back to a working system from the upgrade, and a new > installation doesn't work. > > 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 much to > be gained by doing this.
XP support was dropped in 2.6. If you upgraded to 2.6.x on XP, you didn’t read the release notes very well. > I uploaded a new Cygwin release 2.6.0-1. > > 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 “cygwin time machine”; 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
