cygwin 64 bit procps free.exe missing

Erik Joelsson erik.joelsson at oracle.com
Wed Sep 11 12:50:47 UTC 2013


On 2013-09-11 14:23, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> On 2013-09-09 17:56, Pete Brunet wrote:
>> As part of my effort to fix my build times I am trying to upgrade to the
>> latest cygwin.  There is now a 32 bit and 64 bit installer (for
>> 1.7.25).  However, I see that procps/free.exe is not in the 64 bit
>> packages.  Does that mean that we can't use the 64 bit version? Or do I
>> need to install free separately and if so what is the process?
>
> I had not heard about the 64-bit cygwin before. Interesting! I'll try 
> to build on it and see if we need any tweaking for it.
>
> However, I don't understand why you think the absence of free is a 
> problem. We do not use it in the build, as far as I know..?
>
I think README-build.html still lists this as needed.

/Erik





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