Release Notes for WINE 20050628 port to SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 platform

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About Wine

The port of  Wine 20050628 to UnixWare 7.1.4 platform makes it possible to run Windows programs on  SCO UnixWare 7.1.4.
For more information, refer http://www.winehq.com

Installing Wine binary package on UnixWare 7.1.4

For installing wine binary package, execute following steps:

  1. Download the wine binary package
  2. #pkgadd -d /downloaded_dir_path/wine-20050628.pkg

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 UnixWare 7.1.4 platform

Build  Dependencies

  1. UpdateSet (Base Operating System Upgrade CD : CD 2)
  2. SCOx package
  3. UDK package
  4. OSTools
  5. Maintenance pack 2 (MP2)
  6. xorgfonts package

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. #./buildWine.sh
  4. Download and install Metapkg 2.0.3
  5. #./pkgWine.sh

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