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CYGWIN withholds error message when trying to run 64-bit binary on 32-bit PC
- From: John Ottusch <ncokwqc02 at sneakemail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:52:26 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: CYGWIN withholds error message when trying to run 64-bit binary on 32-bit PC
I have a Windows console application that I build in both 32-bit and 64-bit
versions. They both have the same name (fsr.exe).
The 32-bit version runs from a CYGWIN bash shell console window on a 32-bit PC
and a 64-bit PC. The 64-bit version runs from a Cygwin bash shell console window
only on a 64-bit PC.
If a user mistakenly runs the 64-bit version from a CYGWIN bash shell console
window on a 32-bit Windows PC he gets this message:
bash: ./fsr.exe: Permission denied
That's not very revealing.
On the other hand, if he launches the same command from a CMD console window on
the same 32-bit Windows PC, he gets this back:
This version of fsr.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you're
running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need a x86
(32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software
publisher.
The second result is closer to what I was hoping for.
So my question is this: Why isn't CYGWIN responding with the more helpful error
message and is there anything I can do to make it respond that way instead?
jjo
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