On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 23:55:06 -0600
Thomas Frohwein <tfrohwein@fastmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 04, 2021 at 07:32:56PM +0000, Charlene Wendling wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > > There is an existing port draft by bcallah@ and cwen@ in
> > > openbsd-wip [2]. I've graciously adopted the patches to the
> > > bundled physfs for big endian compatibility and to use
> > > ~/.local/share/VVVVVV/ for the assets file data.zip.
> >
> > Actually, that patch may not be needed, because VVVVVV does not
> > support big endian archs [0], as i've found out later. Yet i've
> > built your port on macppc, and indeed colors are off, most sprites
> > are not displayed, so i think it needs a 'NOT_FOR_ARCHS=$
> > {BE_ARCHS}' at least.
> >
> > > Some comments on where I diverge from the version in openbsd-wip:
> > > [...]
> > > - Compiles with std=c++98, so looks to me like base-gcc can be
> > > included in COMPILER...
> >
> > Due to [0], it won't be built on sparc64, the last GCC arch
> > we build packages for, so i think the COMPILER line can safely be
> > removed.
> >
> > > [...]
> >
> > Charlène.
> >
> > [0] https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV/pull/461
> >
>
> Thanks, that makes sense. I added the NOT_FOR_ARCHS and removed the
> patch.
>
> I left the COMPILER line with the comment as it's C++, in case that
> will be relevant in the future. I think if there's a decision at some
> point that this isn't needed with sparc64 in NOT_FOR_ARCHS, it can be
> addressed then IMO. (Comments welcome on what direction this topic is
> going...)
>
> I've added an updated tarball; I tested it again with the free assets
> and still works. ok?
OK cwen@ port-wise; it would be nice if someone is OK with the
licensing terms though.
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