Re: How/Where do I get an older version of Cygwin?

[Blaine Miller <bmiller at coastside dot net>]

Larry,

I agree with you 100%. I'm getting heat from the folks above me to get 
Cygwin up and operational. We're using it to scp and rsync files from 
several linux boxes to a Cygwin-ed Windows 2003 box. Then we run 
Symantec Backup Exec for Windows to do tape backups of the resulting 
transferred files.

Nothing I've said seem capable of convincing them that the problem is 
other than Cygwin. I keep pointing out we've replaced everything excpet 
the server hardware.

Aside from downgrading and proving that the older version will have the 
same problems, I have no alternative at this time.

Again, I believe that the new(er) version is the way to go. But I need 
to kill the cron issue and the ssmtp issue before I can demonstrate that 
the new version is not the problem and the hardware may be the real issue.

Thanks for your continued support and assistance...

Blaine

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 8/26/2010 2:41 PM, Blaine Miller wrote:
> > I'm having cron and ssmtp issues with the new(er) version of Cygwin, 
> > 1.7.x.y.
> > Barring getting these items straightened out, how do I revert to an 
> > older
> > version?
> >
> > I've been installing from a network setup.exe. I don't believe this 
> > leaves a
> > copy on a local system. My co-workers tell me there has to be a way to
> > retrograde to an older version.
> >
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction? An older version of 
> > setup.exe
> > perhaps?
>
> I'm not sure why you believe your problems are based in recent Cygwin
> versions but if you wanted to backtrack to 1.5.x, see this link:
>
> <http://cygwin.com/#win-9x>
>
> This an unsupported version of 1.5.x so if you go there, you're on 
> your own.
> If your problems truly are the result of some recent change to Cygwin, 
> your
> best bet is to investigate them, report the problems, and work to get 
> them
> resolved, especially if something has regressed.  Otherwise, you'll be
> stuck in the past forever without an upgrade path.

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