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(a)winehq.org Reporter: ttallink(a)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 -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.