Release Notes for WINE 20050628 port to SCO OSR6.0 platform

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About Wine

The port of  Wine 20050628 to OSR6.0 platform makes it possible to run Windows programs on  SCO OSR6.0.
For more information, refer http://www.winehq.com

Installing Wine package on OSR6.0

For installing wine binary package, execute following steps:

  1. Download and extract wine-20050628-VOLS.tar file in a temporary directory.
  2. Execute a command called "custom" on shell prompt.
  3. Select "Install New" from the Software menu.
  4. Select "host" from which you want to install a package the press "Continue".
  5. Select "media" from which you want to install a package then press continue.
  6. Enter the full path to the directory containing the image and press "OK".

Running  Wine

To run wine, give "wine" command on shell prompt as bellow,

wine program [arguments]

wine --help

wine --version

Known Issues

  1. Runtime exception occurs while running taskmgr.exe.
  2. Error called "libwine.dll is not being located properly" occurs while running winhelp.exe.
  3. Error in getting network interface information while running iphlpapi_test.exe.
  4. Function called AVIFileInit() is not implemented for OSR6.0. so error occurs while running aviinfo.exe.
  5. Error in encryption library occurs while running crypt32_test.exe or advapi32_test.exe.
  6. Runtime error occurs in drawing mode while running the ddraw_test.exe.
  7. File called dsound_test.exe is not running properly while sound card is not properly installed and it gives runtime error.
  8. Error in creating new directory and runtime exception occurs while running kernel32_test.exe. 
  9. Kernel32 pipe tests fails, runtime error in kernel32 thread library, error in time format translation occurs  while running kernel32_test.exe.
  10. Error in OLE32 library's moniker tests and in loading GIF format while running ole32_test.exe.
  11. Error in Shell32 API occurs while running shell32_test.exe.
  12. Error occurs in user32 library's class operations, in executing the test complexity for user32 library's messaging functions and runtime error in winstation library while running user32_test.exe.
  13. Error in network socket functionality occurs while running ws2_32_test.exe.

Build Instructions for OSR6.0 platform

Build Tools Requirements

  1. gcc2.7.2 or later version.
  2. GNU Tools
  3. Flex version 2.5 or later

Build and Packaging

For compiling and packaging, execute the following steps:

  1. Download and extract wine-20050628-source.tar file in a temporary directory called "dir_name".
  2. #cd "dir_name"
  3. #gmake install
  4. open ./package/metapkg.wine file and change defination of WINEOS as "OSR"
  5. #./pkgWine.sh

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