Re: linux-rl-sdl20 port and distfile fetching

From: Sean C. Farley <scf_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:00:34 UTC
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
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