Is SDL-1.2.11 the version that should go with DOSBox 0.70?

Um as i said i didn't use those -mingw whatever sources but the regular
whatever-they're-meant-for sources. Maybe i'll try that again some time.

For what it is worth, here are my notes for building and installing DOSBox 0.70 with MSYS and MinGW.

I still need to figure out how to get SDL_net, libSDL_sound and a few other things configured, but this is a start.

11. Download & install MSYS-1.0.9.exe
2
31.1 Destination directory:
4      C:\MSYS\1.0
5
6    Setup Type:
7      Installation for i386 based CPUs (Works for all x86 based CPUs >= i386)
8
9    Selected Components:
10      i386 install
11
12    Start Menu folder:
13      Produkt\MinGW
14
151.2 Remember what C:\MSYS\1.0\postinstall has to say about editing /etc/fstab:
16
17    Do you have MinGW installed? [yn ] n
18
19    When you install MinGW I suggest you install it to C:/mingw
20    (replace C: with the drive of your choice).  Then create an
21    /etc/fstab file with a line that has a value similar to:
22    C:/mingw /mingw
23
242. Download & install msysDTK-1.01.exe
25
262.1 Destination directory:
27      C:\msys\1.0
28
29    Setup Type:
30      Installation for i386 based CPUs (Works for all x86 based CPUs >= i386)
31
32    Selected Components:
33      i386 install
34
353. Download & install MinGW-5.1.3.exe
36
373.1 Select Custom install with
38
39    1. MinGW base tools
40    2. g++ Compiler
41    2. Java Compiler
42
433.2 Destination directory:
44      C:\MinGW
45
46    Start Menu folder:
47      Produkt\MinGW
48
493. Download SDL-devel-1.2.11-mingw32.tar.gz
50
513.1 Gunzip and untar SDL-devel-1.2.11-mingw32.tar.gz
52
533.2 Destination directory:
54      C:\MinGW\sdl-1.2.11
55
563.3 Edit C:\MinGW\sdl-1.2.11\bin\i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config
57
58    --- i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config.ORIG    Tue Jun 27 05:21:45 2006
59    +++ i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config Mon Mar  5 20:26:41 2007
60    @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@

61     #!/bin/sh
62     
63    -prefix=/usr/local/cross-tools/i386-mingw32msvc
64    +prefix=/usr
65     exec_prefix=${prefix}
66     exec_prefix_set=no
67
683.4 Edit C:\MinGW\sdl-1.2.11\Makefile
69
70    --- Makefile.ORIG       Sun Feb 22 22:55:55 2004
71    +++ Makefile    Mon Mar  5 22:31:45 2007
72    @@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
73     cross:
74	    make install prefix=$(CROSS_PATH)
75     
76    -install:
77    -       cp -rv bin include lib share $(prefix)/
78    -       @ln -sf i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config $(prefix)bin/sdl-config
79    +install::
80    +       cp -rv bin lib share $(prefix)/
81    +       @(cd $(prefix)/bin && \
82    +               ln -sf i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config sdl-config)
83    +       cp -rv include $(prefix)/include/SDL
84     
85     dist:
86	    @test -d bin || mkdir bin
87
884. Download dosbox-0.70.tar.gz
89
904.1 Gunzip and untar dosbox-0.70.tar.gz
91
924.2 Destination directory
93      C:\MinGW\dosbox-0.70
94
95
965. Configure MSYS
97
985.1 Start MSYS.
99
1005.2 Copy /etc/fstab.sample to /etc/fstab.
101
1025.3 Make the changes to fstab suggested in 1.2.
103
1045.4 Exit MSYS.
105
1066. Build DOSBox 0.70
107
1086.1 Start MSYS.
109
1106.2 Install SDL:
111
112    $ cd /mingw/sdl
113    $ make native
114
1156.3 Configure the DOSBox build environment:
116
117    $ cd /mingw/dosbox-0.70
118    $ ./configure
119
1206.4 Make and install DOSBox
121
122    $ make
123    $ make install-strip
124
1256.5 Run it!
126
127    $ dosbox

i'll try to follow that.

i'd like to point out that i wont be able to er, edit the source files.

I posted already modified sdl-config on the previous page

btw, I think it is recommended to install mingw before msys...

Edit C:\MinGW\sdl-1.2.11\bin\i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config

hmmm, do you have a modified version of this file?

do i have to do that fstab stuff if the msys post install worked?

You don't need this file, only sdl-config is needed
But maybe compiling from source seems better at this point...it's not that hard. You only need to do
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install

what is --prefix=/usr ?

gulikoza wrote:

btw, I think it is recommended to install mingw before msys...

It seems so based on the question about MinGW during the install of MSYS.

franpa wrote:

do i have to do that fstab stuff if the msys post install worked?

Don't think so. MinGW is basically the GNU C and C++ compilers, linker and debugger suite. If you can activate the compilers from your MSYS-prompt, e.g.

1$ gcc --version
2gcc.exe (GCC) 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
3Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
5warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

then your MSYS / MinGW integration is okay.

franpa wrote:

what is --prefix=/usr ?

The configure program re-creates the Makefile and defines a lot of parameters and settings. The --prefix=/usr affects where the Makefile will install SDL and its supporting files.

Without --prefix=/usr the default will be /usr/local/include, /usr/local/share, /usr/local/man etc etc.

With --prefix=/usr it will be /usr/include, /usr/share, /usr/man, .....

Edit: Updated to refer to SDL instead of DOSBox.

Actually this is the prefix for SDL. If you install to default /usr/local, it is possible it won't be found (again 😜) by dosbox configure.

gulikoza wrote:

You don't need this file, only sdl-config is needed
But maybe compiling from source seems better at this point...it's not that hard.

I will do a source-install later. I have noticed that MinGW has a standardised, scripted approach to port (install) packages. The SDL-port scripts (SDL-1.2.8-mingwPORT.tar.bz2) are for 1.2.8, but I see no reason why they could not be updated for 1.2.11.

Which brings me to my next question: Which SDL-version is supposed to go with DOSBox 0.70?

franpa wrote:

i'd like to point out that i wont be able to er, edit the source files.

I don't know about you, but fixing that would be my first priority, before doing much else. But that is just me...

i replaced the sdl-config file found in the msys bin folder... is this right? then i go to the dosbox folder and... ./autogen.sh then ./configure --prefix=/usr then make and then make install?

I never used autogen.sh when configuring/compiling dosbox-0.70. Should I ?

no, you're happily editing makefiles and stuff 😉
autogen.sh should create ./configure which is already present in your installation
it seems

I did have one problem with configure 🙁 I guess it is not a DOSBox-problem, but more a problem with autogen(?).

If I specified

$ ./configure --prefix="/path/with spaces in it"

$ make install

would bomb out.

franpa wrote:

Franpa@PAUL ~/sdl-1.2.11 $ make native make install prefix=/usr make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Franpa/sdl-1.2.11' cp -rv bin […]
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Franpa@PAUL ~/sdl-1.2.11
$ make native
make install prefix=/usr
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Franpa/sdl-1.2.11'
cp -rv bin include lib share /usr/
`bin/i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config' -> `/usr/bin/i386-mingw32msvc-sdl-config'
`bin/SDL.dll' -> `/usr/bin/SDL.dll'
`include/begin_code.h' -> `/usr/include/begin_code.h'
`include/close_code.h' -> `/usr/include/close_code.h'
`include/SDL.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL.h'
`include/SDL_active.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_active.h'
`include/SDL_audio.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_audio.h'
`include/SDL_byteorder.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_byteorder.h'
`include/SDL_cdrom.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_cdrom.h'
`include/SDL_config.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_config.h'
`include/SDL_config_amiga.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_config_amiga.h'
`include/SDL_config_dreamcast.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_config_dreamcast.h'
`include/SDL_config_macos.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_config_macos.h'
`include/SDL_config_macosx.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_config_macosx.h'
`include/SDL_config_minimal.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_config_minimal.h'
`include/SDL_config_os2.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_config_os2.h'
`include/SDL_config_win32.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_config_win32.h'
`include/SDL_copying.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_copying.h'
`include/SDL_cpuinfo.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_cpuinfo.h'
`include/SDL_endian.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_endian.h'
`include/SDL_error.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_error.h'
`include/SDL_events.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_events.h'
`include/SDL_getenv.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_getenv.h'
`include/SDL_joystick.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_joystick.h'
`include/SDL_keyboard.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_keyboard.h'
`include/SDL_keysym.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_keysym.h'
`include/SDL_loadso.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_loadso.h'
`include/SDL_main.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_main.h'
`include/SDL_mouse.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_mouse.h'
`include/SDL_mutex.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_mutex.h'
`include/SDL_name.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_name.h'
`include/SDL_opengl.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_opengl.h'
`include/SDL_platform.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_platform.h'
`include/SDL_quit.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_quit.h'
`include/SDL_rwops.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_rwops.h'
`include/SDL_stdinc.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_stdinc.h'
`include/SDL_syswm.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_syswm.h'
`include/SDL_thread.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_thread.h'
`include/SDL_timer.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_timer.h'
`include/SDL_types.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_types.h'
`include/SDL_version.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_version.h'
`include/SDL_video.h' -> `/usr/include/SDL_video.h'
`lib/libSDL.dll.a' -> `/usr/lib/libSDL.dll.a'
`lib/libSDL.la' -> `/usr/lib/libSDL.la'
`lib/libSDLmain.a' -> `/usr/lib/libSDLmain.a'
`share/aclocal/sdl.m4' -> `/usr/share/aclocal/sdl.m4'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Franpa/sdl-1.2.11'

Franpa@PAUL ~/sdl-1.2.11
$ cd ..

Franpa@PAUL ~
$ cd dosbox-0.70

Franpa@PAUL ~/dosbox-0.70
$ autogen.sh
Generating build information using aclocal, autoheader, automake and autoconf
This may take a while ...
Now you are ready to run ./configure.
You can also run ./configure --help for extra features to enable/disable.

Franpa@PAUL ~/dosbox-0.70
$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-mingw32
checking host system type... i686-pc-mingw32
checking target system type... i686-pc-mingw32
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.exe
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... .exe
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for sdl-config... /bin/sdl-config
checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.0... no
*** Could not run SDL test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
*** exact error that occured. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed
*** or that you have moved SDL since it was installed. In the latter case, you
*** may want to edit the sdl-config script: /bin/sdl-config
configure: error: *** SDL version 1.2.0 not found!

this issue remains... SDL seems to compile fine and dandy... i type make native... SDL is installed or whatever.. but dosbox doesnt compile for some queer freaky abnormal reason.

-replace sdl-config found in msys bin folder.

-replace makefile found in sdl folder.

-delete install from sdl folder.