Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:12:40 +0100 (CET) From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> To: "Frans-Jan v. Steenbeek" <lists@asphalia.nl> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [emulation] Wine-20041201 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.61.0412251110370.90476@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> In-Reply-To: <200412241447.34755.lists@asphalia.nl> References: <200412241447.34755.lists@asphalia.nl>
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On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Frans-Jan v. Steenbeek wrote: > I have been working lately to provide our company with a "Terminal > Service"-like solution using FreeBSD (5.3-STABLE). Since we have to use a > software suite only available on windows (AccountView 6.1, based on Visual > Foxpro) I have worked it all out using Wine-20040505. Anything after this > release is reported to fail, but I have heard rumors that 20041201 is > working, albeit by patching the kernel. 20041201 is working, and doing so without patching the kernel. > So, are these rumors true? What should I do to get it running, and what > are the consequences? cd ports/emulators/wine ; make ; make install I wouldn't claim 20041201 to be perfect on FreeBSD, but there have been several positive reports on FreeBSD 5.3 (and anything between 20040505 and 20041201 definitely was broken). Gerald -- Gerald Pfeifer (Jerry) gerald@pfeifer.com http://www.pfeifer.com/gerald/
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