16-bit Code on MacOSX Leopard/XCode 3.1

[James McKenzie]

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

[King InuYasha]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 4:25 PM, James McKenzie
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...

[James McKenzie]

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.

James McKenzie

[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.