Re: 16-bit Code on MacOSX Leopard/XCode 3.1

[Austin English]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 9:16 PM, James
McKenzie wrote:
> King InuYasha wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 4:25 PM, James McKenzie
> > <[e-mail] > 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.