Installing Cygwin-32

[Jon Turney]

On 04/09/2024 07:19, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote:
>>> For exactly one particular purpose I still use 32-bit Cygwin.
>>> Can I confirm that the appropriate setup exe file, with qualifiers, is setup-x86_32.exe
>        --allow-unsupported-windows
>        --site http://ctm.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/2022/11/23/063457
>>> and that the exe file is v.2.931 md5sum f16028c684f3cf30ebeb08ca5fc2e51d?
>>> (Just seems odd that the exe file was updated so recently, way after Nov 2022, not much earlier than the current setup-x86_64.exe at v.2.932.) Thank you!

The automation currently still produces both 32-bit and 64-bit 
installers when we update setup.

(although this probably will change, eventually)

>> PS Also, can't remember where I got the 32-bit setup file from, or anywhere on the Cygwin website where I would get it .. .. probably not looking in the right place.

Start at https://cygwin.com/install.html#unsupported

Scroll down to "A note about 32-bit Cygwin" and follow the links.

> Also, a visit to the Time Machine site cited above suggests the relevant setup file is
> v.2.923
> (i.e. older) .. and which incidentally I also cannot locate!

The version of setup you use doesn't really matter (modulo bugs in setup 
and/or the very rare occasions when the MinGW runtime it's linked with 
changes the minimum Windows version it runs on (which is why a different 
installer is suggested for <XP SP2)).

A collection of older versions is available at https://cygwin.com/setup/