Subj : Re: iconv Question
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Sep 17 2024 13:20:00

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Gamgee <=-

 G> https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/ansifilter

 SD> Unfortunately, it breaks due to an upstream requirement of glibc 2.34.
 SD> Nothing the SBo maintainer can do.  I could run -current but I will not
 SD> run that on a production machine.  Not a big deal for now.  I've been
 SD> in contact with the door's author and he's about to release a new
 SD> version of "Wordle" so that might be a moot point for now.

Huh, confirmed the breakage.  Quite unusual in my experience to see a 
package on SBo that doesn't build.  Not sure how this wasn't noticed by 
the maintainers.  Strange.

 SD> However, I have been looking at Alex's (the Wordle author) development
 SD> environment.  I might use it for my own doors.  Tonight I was able to
 SD> get Free Pascal under Linux to cross-compile to 16-bit DOS and Win64.
 SD> I might just use that.  A lot simpler than the other set up I was
 SD> using.  A single compile and codebase for DOS, Win32/64, and Linux
 SD> would definitely spur on my door development.

Excellent!



.... Daddy, what does "now formatting drive C:" mean?
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