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

[Blaine Miller]

Larry,

Again, I agree. I'm between a rock and a hard place here. I have to 
prove it's not the current version of Cygwin (also read *free*) and new 
hardware (read *costs them some money*).

I have related to you and others at Cygwin user list both of my issues 
of cron possibly causing a system fault and can't kill the ssmtp 
dead.letter running over.

I will pass along that I'm on my own with the regression to the older 
version. Perhaps that'll wake them up... I dunno. I'm just in the middle.

Thanks again for your support and assistance.

Blaine

Blaine Miller wrote:
> 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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