[Bug 49923] New: [Wine 5.18] Wineconsole curses backend support was removed.
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Wed Sep 30 14:16:48 CDT 2020
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49923
Bug ID: 49923
Summary: [Wine 5.18] Wineconsole curses backend support was
removed.
Product: Wine
Version: 5.18
Hardware: x86-64
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: blocker
Priority: P5
Component: -unknown
Assignee: wine-bugs at winehq.org
Reporter: ttallink at googlemail.com
Distribution: ArchLinux
Hello,
Today, after an update of my ArchLinux based server I was saddened and
frustrated to find out that in Wine 5.18, the curses backend was removed from
the available command line options of 'wineconsole'.
I personally rely on wineconsole and _ESPECIALLY_, the curses backend -
wineconsole is spawned as a systemd service configured to attach a pseudo
terminal (/dev/ptmx), in order to run a backend for a Windows application I
wrote.
However, in Wine 5.18, the curses backend was removed, quoting the changelog:
wineconsole: Remove curses backend.
This is a total no-go for me and many others running Windows binaries through
wineconsole on servers, since we need to be able to run wineconsole without a
display / using a terminal session.
Can you please elucidate as for why the curses backend was removed in the first
place?
I now have to downgrade to downgrade to 5.17 in order to be able to host the
service again.
This is a HUGE loss of functionality for those using Wine / wineconsole on
servers.
PLEASE consider adding the curses backend again.
Best Regards,
William Kane
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