16-bit Code on MacOSX Leopard/XCode 3.1

[James McKenzie]

King InuYasha wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 4:25 PM, James McKenzie
> <jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net <mailto:jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>
>     I know that this was disabled, but what happens when I try to run a 16
>     bit app?
>
>     Here is what happened when I tried to build 1.1.25 with XCode 3.1
>     today:
>
>     checking whether 16-bit code can be built correctly... no
>     configure: error: Xcode 3.x cannot build 16-bit code correctly.
>     Use --disable-win16 if you don't need 16-bit support.
>     ***** Error: Can't build wine
>
>     Great catch, BTW.
>
>     James McKenzie
>
>
>
>
> As far as I know, GCC cannot be used to build 16-bit code...
Yes it can.  The '16 bit' code in Windows is actually a series of thunks
that allows 16 bit code to execute in 32 bit space.  Has been since
Windows95.

The problem is that XCode 3.x will not build this code correctly for
some reason.  I have a guess, but I could be wrong and that would lead
to legal problems.

James McKenzie