Connect cygwin with old version of gcc

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

yu xuesheng wrote:
> Thank you Larry!
> You said
> "You could then point 'setup.exe' at that local directory and
> install from it. "
> 
> I already downloaded gcc-core-3.3.3-3-src.tar.bz2, how can I make
> setup.exe do the installation from this file?

If you believe that this package is the sum total of what you need to
do what you want, then you want to:

>> ...download
>> all the needed packages at that via 'wget' or something similar to your
>> local disk with the same directory structure as your usual download
>> directory.  

When I say your "usual download directory", I mean your local Cygwin
download directory.  That's the directory you tell 'setup.exe' to use
for the packages it downloads.  You may be able to get away with putting
the package in a directory by itself and pointing 'setup.exe' at that
(i.e. specifying this as the local download directory and telling
'setup.exe' to install from the local directory).  I've never tried this
but I believe that such functionality was at least once supported in
'setup.exe'.  If that doesn't work, then:

>> ...you may find it simpler
>> to install the packages manually (tar + running postinstall scripts).

I'll take this opportunity to repeat myself a little more:

>> But that's advanced stuff too and should only be done "if you know what
>> you're doing"(tm).  If not or if you're not willing or able to solve any
>> problems that might arise from taking these approaches, you shouldn't
>> bother.  All of this puts you into the realm of things not supported by
>> this list.  So if you complain to this list later about problems you see
>> in the process or with the result, it may very well fall on deaf ears.

But you sound like the adventurous type so go ahead and have fun! ;-)

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