Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:00:34 -0500 (EST) From: "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org> To: Dima Panov <fluffy@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: linux-rl-sdl20 port and distfile fetching Message-ID: <83c3a2b8-2a14-d0c8-0160-23ed322898c6@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <d010466e-2ff3-4453-ab7b-201f77902b65@FreeBSD.org> References: <61547777-a162-cedb-cb36-653ab5ae73f4@FreeBSD.org> <d010466e-2ff3-4453-ab7b-201f77902b65@FreeBSD.org>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --3279119474-1599882512-1735671651=:49409 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 31 Dec 2024, Dima Panov wrote: > Hello! > > On 31.12.2024 01:19, Sean C. Farley wrote: >> I am hopeful at migrating some of the 32-bit Linux games I maintain to rl9 >> to take advantage of security and bug fixes. As they require SDL 1.2, they >> could possibly run with the sdl12-compat library. I have not tested this >> as of yet. In fact, I have not tested the port other than building, but I >> am sure it works. :D I do not want to continue down this path if it is >> totally wrong. >> >> However, I did create a port for linux-rl9-sdl20, which would be needed >> first. This required changes to Uses/linux.mk due to how packages are >> stored on the Rocky Linux site. The filename starts with "SDL2-2.26.0" >> while the directory it inhabits uses a lowercase "s". The patch worked for >> me under poudriere to fetch the base rl9 files and the new port by always >> making the subdirectory lowercase. >> >> Both patches are here: https://people.freebsd.org/~scf/linux-rl9/ >> > > SDL and company work in progress here :) > Will be landed soon in preparation of switch default to rl9 instead of c7 That is good news. Is there a central repo or issue I may follow to see what is coming? Sean -- scf@FreeBSD.org --3279119474-1599882512-1735671651=:49409--
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