Wrapper for Winelib

[Sam Lauber]

I *think* I've figured out a way to make regular Unix programs with winelib. My idea is, make winemaker generate a C file called "winelib-wrap.c" that contains:

#include <stddef.h>

int main(void)
{
        return (int) WinMain(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
}

Then link it with the EXE encapusulated in a .so, and it SHOULD work. I'll try it on the 01-stdole32.c. It gave me a SIGSEGV, but maybe someone would fix it.

Samuel Lauber

[Mike Hearn]

It's not that easy, that approach doesn't take C++ static constructors
into account, nor the address space manipulation that takes effect.

It is possible to allow people to start winelib apps like "./foo" but
hardly a big deal. You need to have a program which does:

(pseudocode)

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    self = readlink("/proc/self/exe");
    exec("wine " + self, argc, argv);
}

"main()" may already be taken, so you might need to intercept stuff at the
ELF bootstrap level.

thanks -mike