16-bit Code on MacOSX Leopard/XCode 3.1

[Austin English]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 9:16 PM, James
McKenzie<jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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.

File a bug with Apple.

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-Austin