On 2018-11-21 09:45, AFRL/RIG USLM wrote: > We are in need of the installation package for Cygwin version 2.6.0 only. > This is the only version we are authorized to use. > How do we go about getting this
Cygwin is a rolling package release system: setup program, base library, support library, and program packages are continually updated and released. Older versions are unsupported by the volunteer package maintainers, who apply fixes only to the latest releases of packages to create updated versions. So outdated older package versions will have unpatched security issues which then become the responsibility of anyone choosing to run old releases. Cygwin 2.6 is only the version of the base package: you really need a list of all installed packages and their versions. You can find older packages at: http://www.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/Cygwin/timemachine.html Good luck running any old releases under Windows 10. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
