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Re: How to get older version of cygwin (need to install perl 5.8 - not 5.10)
On 3/18/2010 11:43 AM, Markus Hoenicka wrote:
> Rance Hall <ranceh@gmail.com> was heard to say:
>
>> this is the old cygwin 1.5 setup still active but unsupported. It may
>> contain the perl version you want.
>>
>> No promised, I don't have 1.5 installed anymore, and dont have the
>> time to look in the archive for you, but thats where I'd start.
>
> I still have a 1.5 installation around, but:
>
> Administrator@pc51997 ~
> $ uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 pc51997 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin
>
> Administrator@pc51997 ~
> $ perl -v
>
> This is perl, v5.10.0 built for cygwin-thread-multi-64int
> (with 6 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
>
> so you'd probably have to go back even further. In any case, relying on
> an outdated piece of software is probably not a good idea anyway, and
> it'll bite you sooner or later.
I believe that version 5.8 is still available for Cygwin 1.5, but you
have to explicitly select that version in setup.exe. If that doesn't
work for you, try the Cygwin Time Machine and hope for the best:
http://www.fruitbat.org/Cygwin/index.html#cygwintimemachine
-Jeremy
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