On Apr 8 10:34, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Right. This looks like a fork problem. It's 32 bit, so we have to > expect fork errors more often. > > Given how much the distro has grown, and given that the number of 32 bit > systems is constantly shrinking, we should really start to think about > dropping 32 bit support. > > Most users these days use 64 bit systems. Some use 32 bit Cygwin on 64 > bit systems, which doesn't really make sense, except, maybe, to build 32 > bit packages. These users can easily switch to 64 bit Cygwin. > > The access statistics indicate that real 32 bit systems only make less > than 2% of installed systems. It's a lot of hassle to keep 32 bit > Cygwin running for only a minor installation base. > > I'm not saying that we switch off 32 bit support right now, but maybe > 2020 should be the last year of 32 bit support.
Oh, btw., time_t on 32 bit Cygwin is only 32 bit wide, so the end is near: 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Maintainer
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