[Wine] 16-Bit/DOS Suppor Missing?

Charles Davis cdavis at mymail.mines.edu
Mon Jul 12 16:28:24 CDT 2010


On 7/12/10 3:18 PM, dwarfcricket wrote:
> Charles Davis wrote:
>> On 7/12/10 2:53 PM, dwarfcricket wrote:
>>
>>> Charles Davis wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7/12/10 2:24 PM, dwarfcricket wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well I thought so, too, but when I try to run it in DOS it says "This program requires Microsoft Windows."    :| 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Oh, so it's a Win16 program.
>>>>
>>>> In that case, there are three things you can do:
>>>> - Run Windows in a VM, like John suggested. But that requires you to
>>>> have a Windows license.
>>>> - Upgrade to Snow Leopard. The reason MacPorts builds without Win16
>>>> support is that Xcode 3.x has a linker that can't handle 16-bit code
>>>> very well. Xcode 3.2, which comes with SL, does not have this problem.
>>>> - Patch the linker. See bug 14920
>>>> (http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14920 ) for more info.
>>>>
>>>> If you pick one of the last two options, though, you'll then have to
>>>> change the Portfile to not pass --disable-win16 to Wine's configure script.
>>>>
>>>> Chip
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, I don't have a Windows license, unfortunately.
>>>
>>> SO, if I were to go about patching it - how would I change the Portfile?
>>>
>> The Portfile is in
>> /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/x11/wine-devel.
>> There's a line that reads:
>>
>> configure.args-append --disable-win16
>>
>> If you put a pound sign in front:
>>
>> #    configure.args-append --disable-win16
>>
>> then MacPorts won't disable Win16 support when it builds Wine.
>>
>> You only need to do this if you patch the linker, though. I just
>> realized that the Portfile is smart enough to realize when it's on SL.
>> There, it leaves Win16 support in.
>>
>> Chip
> 
> 
> Well, I attempted to change the Portfile, but it keeps telling me I don't have the appropriate access to do so - even though my account (I'm the admin) is allowed to Read & Write - is there another way for me to change the settings so that I may change and save the Portfile?
You have to edit the Portfile as root.

Chip



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