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List:       macports-dev
Subject:    Re: SDL2 on PowerPC: it works now, can we fix joystick for it?
From:       Sergey Fedorov <vital.had () gmail ! com>
Date:       2024-03-18 12:58:02
Message-ID: CALYdzy=xqCYvmsP12bk2SzUyBP=dB-XR4=vkX5bjrOrJRT6btw () mail ! gmail ! com
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UPD. Judging from my notes, it actually may be fixable now, since gcc
upstream addressed the stopping bug:
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=105522
Need to rebuild gcc13 adding this patch and see if it helps.

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 12:34 AM Sergio Had <vital.had@gmail.com> wrote:

> Upon sorting X11 installation, turned out that most of X11 ports actually
> work with GUI on PowerPC, including SDL2 and VLC.
>
> However, most of Macports dependents of libsdl2 are games and emulators,
> and they need a joystick module, which is broken quite badly in SDL 2.1+.
> So those ports will build but won't start, complaining about joystick
> support missing.
>
> Even without that, SDL is useful (SDL video out works with VLC now), and
> personally I do not really care for games' support, but apparently there is
> a demand, so why not make someone happier :)
>
> Can we find a way to fix it?
>

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">UPD. Judging from my notes, it actually may be fixable \
now, since gcc upstream addressed the stopping bug: <a \
href="https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=105522">https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=105522</a><br></div><div>Need \
to rebuild gcc13 adding this patch and see if it helps.<br></div></div><br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at \
12:34 AM Sergio Had &lt;<a \
href="mailto:vital.had@gmail.com">vital.had@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">



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<div dir="auto">Upon sorting X11 installation, turned out that most of X11 ports \
actually work with GUI on PowerPC, including SDL2 and VLC.<br> <br>
However, most of Macports dependents of libsdl2 are games and emulators, and they \
need a joystick module, which is broken quite badly in SDL 2.1+.<br> So those ports \
will build but won't start, complaining about joystick support missing.<br> <br>
Even without that, SDL is useful (SDL video out works with VLC now), and personally I \
do not really care for games' support, but apparently there is a demand, so why not \
make someone happier :)<br> <br>
Can we find a way to fix it?  </div>
</div>
</div>

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