[Wine] Re: 16-Bit/DOS Suppor Missing?

[dwarfcricket]

Charles Davis wrote:
> On 7/12/10 3:35 PM, dwarfcricket wrote:
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> > Charles Davis wrote:
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> > > On 7/12/10 3:18 PM, dwarfcricket wrote:
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> > > > Charles Davis wrote:
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> > > > > On 7/12/10 2:53 PM, dwarfcricket wrote:
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> > > > > > Charles Davis wrote:
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> > > > > > > On 7/12/10 2:24 PM, dwarfcricket wrote:
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> > > > > > > > Well I thought so, too, but when I try to run it in DOS it says "This program requires Microsoft Windows."  
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> > > > > > > Oh, so it's a Win16 program.
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> > > > > > > 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.
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> > > > > > > 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.
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> > > > > > > Chip
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> > > > > > Well, I don't have a Windows license, unfortunately.
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> > > > > > SO, if I were to go about patching it - how would I change the Portfile?
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> > > > > The Portfile is in
> > > > > /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/x11/wine-devel.
> > > > > There's a line that reads:
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> > > > > configure.args-append --disable-win16
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> > > > > If you put a pound sign in front:
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> > > > > #    configure.args-append --disable-win16
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> > > > > then MacPorts won't disable Win16 support when it builds Wine.
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> > > > > 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.
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> > > > > Chip
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> > > > 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?
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> > > You have to edit the Portfile as root.
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> > > Chip
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> > I'm really sorry... what does that mean/how would I do that?  [Embarassed]
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> 'root' is the most powerful user on a Unix-type system. To become root
> on Mac OS X, you use the 'sudo' command from the Terminal. (You've used
> this command before; you needed it to install Wine from MacPorts in the
> first place!) I'm not sure you can run any GUI programs as root, though,
> and I definitely wouldn't recommend it, so I suggest using a text editor
> like nano or vim or emacs that works in a Terminal.
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> If you need more help, remember, Google is your friend.
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> Chip


AHH, gotcha!  Thank you thank you thank you :)  Sorry for all the questions - but thank you for all the responses!