commit: c25d8a4cee2c0e1668fd5130955a5362ae56d55f
Author: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sun Apr 27 06:18:30 2025 +0000
Commit: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sun Apr 27 08:26:24 2025 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c25d8a4c
app-emulation/wine-*: update/clarify wow64 USE desc in metatada.xml
It no longer requires mingw64-toolchain (or at least in >=wine-9)
given clang can be used instead, and is usable on arm64 with a caveat.
Signed-off-by: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo.org>
app-emulation/wine-proton/metadata.xml | 18 ++++++++++++------
app-emulation/wine-staging/metadata.xml | 18 ++++++++++++------
app-emulation/wine-vanilla/metadata.xml | 18 ++++++++++++------
3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-proton/metadata.xml
b/app-emulation/wine-proton/metadata.xml
index ae2b52fb35c5..92b0fad9838f 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-proton/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-proton/metadata.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,18 @@
<flag name="perl">Install helpers that require perl
(winedump/winemaker)</flag>
<flag name="sdl">Enable gamepad support using
<pkg>media-libs/libsdl2</pkg></flag>
<flag name="wow64">
- Enable running 32bit applications without 32bit ELF
- multilib by mapping to 64bit calls (experimental,
- *may* have worse/unusable OpenGL performance or other
- issues compared to USE=abi_x86_32, also lacks 16bit
- support) -- still need
<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg>
- with abi_x86_32 which itself does not need multilib
+ Enable the "new" wow64 mode that allows running 32bit
+ applications without 32bit ELF multilib by mapping to
+ 64bit calls (experimental, *may* have worse/unusable
+ OpenGL performance or other issues compared to
+ USE=abi_x86_32 aka "old" wow64, also lacks 16bit
+ support) -- if USE=mingw is set, still need the default
+ abi_x86_32 set on <pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg>
+ but that can be done even with /no-multilib/ profiles.
+
+ This can also be enabled on arm64 to allow running
+ x86 applications, but that requires to manually
+ setup xtajit.dll in the wine prefix for x86 emulation.
</flag>
</use>
<upstream>
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-staging/metadata.xml
b/app-emulation/wine-staging/metadata.xml
index ca3329a1891c..7835c6430fb5 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-staging/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-staging/metadata.xml
@@ -29,12 +29,18 @@ This variant of the Wine packaging includes the
Wine-Staging patchset.
<flag name="samba">Pull in <pkg>net-fs/samba</pkg> with winbind
for NTLM auth support</flag>
<flag name="sdl">Enable gamepad support using
<pkg>media-libs/libsdl2</pkg></flag>
<flag name="wow64">
- Enable running 32bit applications without 32bit ELF
- multilib by mapping to 64bit calls (experimental,
- *may* have worse/unusable OpenGL performance or other
- issues compared to USE=abi_x86_32, also lacks 16bit
- support) -- still need
<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg>
- with abi_x86_32 which itself does not need multilib
+ Enable the "new" wow64 mode that allows running 32bit
+ applications without 32bit ELF multilib by mapping to
+ 64bit calls (experimental, *may* have worse/unusable
+ OpenGL performance or other issues compared to
+ USE=abi_x86_32 aka "old" wow64, also lacks 16bit
+ support) -- if USE=mingw is set, still need the default
+ abi_x86_32 set on <pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg>
+ but that can be done even with /no-multilib/ profiles.
+
+ This can also be enabled on arm64 to allow running
+ x86 applications, but that requires to manually
+ setup xtajit.dll in the wine prefix for x86 emulation.
</flag>
</use>
<upstream>
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-vanilla/metadata.xml
b/app-emulation/wine-vanilla/metadata.xml
index 34b1aee6fe58..d117c9b402b1 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-vanilla/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-vanilla/metadata.xml
@@ -29,12 +29,18 @@ This variant of the Wine packaging does not include
external patchsets
<flag name="samba">Pull in <pkg>net-fs/samba</pkg> with winbind
for NTLM auth support</flag>
<flag name="sdl">Enable gamepad support using
<pkg>media-libs/libsdl2</pkg></flag>
<flag name="wow64">
- Enable running 32bit applications without 32bit ELF
- multilib by mapping to 64bit calls (experimental,
- *may* have worse/unusable OpenGL performance or other
- issues compared to USE=abi_x86_32, also lacks 16bit
- support) -- still need
<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg>
- with abi_x86_32 which itself does not need multilib
+ Enable the "new" wow64 mode that allows running 32bit
+ applications without 32bit ELF multilib by mapping to
+ 64bit calls (experimental, *may* have worse/unusable
+ OpenGL performance or other issues compared to
+ USE=abi_x86_32 aka "old" wow64, also lacks 16bit
+ support) -- if USE=mingw is set, still need the default
+ abi_x86_32 set on <pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg>
+ but that can be done even with /no-multilib/ profiles.
+
+ This can also be enabled on arm64 to allow running
+ x86 applications, but that requires to manually
+ setup xtajit.dll in the wine prefix for x86 emulation.
</flag>
</use>
<upstream>
