digitalmars.D - DMD 2.092 no longer runs on Windows XP
- Walter Bright (2/2) May 11 2021 Neither does dub. The operating system says they're an invalid exe file.
- cmyka (3/6) May 11 2021 On the DMD download page the requirements are Windows 7 or later,
- Jonathan M Davis (10/17) May 12 2021 Indeed. We decided some time ago to no longer support Windows XP and hav...
- Walter Bright (5/14) May 12 2021 dmd doesn't use and certainly doesn't need any APIs not available on XP....
- Walter Bright (2/5) May 11 2021 Prolly because it's a 64 bit executable. Sigh.
- Imperatorn (4/7) May 12 2021 I fixed this patching the PE. I have a post about it here in the
- Walter Bright (2/9) May 12 2021 Nice! What subject title is it under?
- mate (3/14) May 12 2021 Support Windows XP:
- Walter Bright (2/4) May 12 2021 Ah, excellent!
- Imperatorn (2/13) May 12 2021 https://forum.dlang.org/thread/arebncglpxjosqhgspbz@forum.dlang.org
- Imperatorn (3/14) May 12 2021 Direct link:
- Walter Bright (2/3) May 12 2021 Found it, thanks!
Neither does dub. The operating system says they're an invalid exe file. https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21915
May 11 2021
On Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 06:23:44 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:Neither does dub. The operating system says they're an invalid exe file. https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21915On the DMD download page the requirements are Windows 7 or later, do we still want to support XP?
May 11 2021
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 12:38:20 AM MDT cmyka via Digitalmars-d wrote:On Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 06:23:44 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:Indeed. We decided some time ago to no longer support Windows XP and have not been testing on it. And with how much the Windows API changed with Vista, it would not be at all surprising if we were using stuff that does not work with XP (particularly in some parts of Phobos), though it wouldn't surprise me if dmd still worked just fine on XP. Honestly, I'd love to ditch Windows 7 too, because it's no longer supported by Microsoft, though quite a few people seem to be refusing to upgrade even though it means no longer getting security fixes. - Jonathan M DavisNeither does dub. The operating system says they're an invalid exe file. https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21915On the DMD download page the requirements are Windows 7 or later, do we still want to support XP?
May 12 2021
Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> On 5/12/2021 2:42 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:Indeed. We decided some time ago to no longer support Windows XP and have not been testing on it. And with how much the Windows API changed with Vista, it would not be at all surprising if we were using stuff that does not work with XP (particularly in some parts of Phobos), though it wouldn't surprise me if dmd still worked just fine on XP. Honestly, I'd love to ditch Windows 7 too, because it's no longer supported by Microsoft, though quite a few people seem to be refusing to upgrade even though it means no longer getting security fixes.dmd doesn't use and certainly doesn't need any APIs not available on XP. dmd also doesn't use Phobos, so that's not an issue, either. But I'd like to have an "unofficial" build, too. Probably I'll just have to build it myself.
May 12 2021
On 5/11/2021 11:23 PM, Walter Bright wrote:Neither does dub. The operating system says they're an invalid exe file. https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21915Prolly because it's a 64 bit executable. Sigh.
May 11 2021
On Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 06:23:44 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:Neither does dub. The operating system says they're an invalid exe file. https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21915I fixed this patching the PE. I have a post about it here in the forum. Basically I changed major version from 6 to 5
May 12 2021
On 5/12/2021 4:31 AM, Imperatorn wrote:On Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 06:23:44 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:Nice! What subject title is it under?Neither does dub. The operating system says they're an invalid exe file. https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21915I fixed this patching the PE. I have a post about it here in the forum. Basically I changed major version from 6 to 5
May 12 2021
On Thursday, 13 May 2021 at 01:35:10 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:On 5/12/2021 4:31 AM, Imperatorn wrote:Support Windows XP: https://forum.dlang.org/post/jdwptzmjxemdelcuvysv forum.dlang.orgOn Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 06:23:44 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:Nice! What subject title is it under?Neither does dub. The operating system says they're an invalid exe file. https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21915I fixed this patching the PE. I have a post about it here in the forum. Basically I changed major version from 6 to 5
May 12 2021
On 5/12/2021 7:26 PM, mate wrote:Support Windows XP: https://forum.dlang.org/post/jdwptzmjxemdelcuvysv forum.dlang.orgAh, excellent!
May 12 2021
On Thursday, 13 May 2021 at 01:35:10 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:On 5/12/2021 4:31 AM, Imperatorn wrote:https://forum.dlang.org/thread/arebncglpxjosqhgspbz forum.dlang.orgOn Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 06:23:44 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:Nice! What subject title is it under?Neither does dub. The operating system says they're an invalid exe file. https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21915I fixed this patching the PE. I have a post about it here in the forum. Basically I changed major version from 6 to 5
May 12 2021
On Thursday, 13 May 2021 at 01:35:10 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:On 5/12/2021 4:31 AM, Imperatorn wrote:Direct link: https://forum.dlang.org/post/jdwptzmjxemdelcuvysv forum.dlang.orgOn Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 06:23:44 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:Nice! What subject title is it under?Neither does dub. The operating system says they're an invalid exe file. https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21915I fixed this patching the PE. I have a post about it here in the forum. Basically I changed major version from 6 to 5
May 12 2021
On 5/12/2021 11:34 PM, Imperatorn wrote:https://forum.dlang.org/post/jdwptzmjxemdelcuvysv forum.dlang.orgFound it, thanks!
May 12 2021