[Ohrrpgce] Broken Linux build

[James Paige]

I do like the idea of bundling the libsdl[2].so and libsdl[2]_mixer.so with
linux distributions. That seems like it may be the most correct way to
handle those dependencies.

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 8:05 AM Ralph Versteegen <teeemcee at gmail.com> wrote:

> The 32/64 bit Linux build failed again. It looks like the VMs have libsdl2
> 2.0.3 or earlier.
> I suppose we should build the releases with "scons sdl203=1" to target
> 2.0.3 instead of 2.0.5, that'll make them more likely to run (e.g. on
> Ubuntu 16.04). Right now the features enabled when targeting 2.0.5 are
> quite minor, so it doesn't seem worth it.
>
> If we link to libsdl at runtime, then we could get the best of all worlds
> by using SDL features only if present.
> Another idea is to eventually include libsdl[2].so and libsdl[2]_mixer.so
> with games packaged for linux.
>
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 00:29, James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com> wrote:
>
>> Aha! Interesting!
>>
>> So do I need to upgrade Freebasic on any of the VMs? Or should we stick
>> with the version we have now?
>>
>> ---
>> James
>>
>> On Wed., Nov. 25, 2020, 10:31 p.m. Ralph Versteegen, <teeemcee at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh wait, I could just restore a working ohrrpgce-player-win-wip-sdl2.zip
>>> from the archive too. Done.
>>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 at 16:28, Ralph Versteegen <teeemcee at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I deleted the bad ohrrpgce-player-win-wip-sdl2.zip from the nightly
>>>> folder.
>>>> I also forgot to mention that a while ago I restored the obsolete
>>>> gfx_directx+sdl ohrrpgce-player-win-wip.zip build from the archive, it had
>>>> been overwritten with a gfx_sdl2 build
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 at 16:20, Ralph Versteegen <teeemcee at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Whoops, yes, turns out all the nightly build VMs are running old
>>>>> versions of FB.
>>>>> I had mistakenly thought they were working on Windows because I saw
>>>>> ohrrpgce-player-win-wip-sdl2.zip was uploaded, but it turns out it was
>>>>> uploaded without game.exe.
>>>>> Rather than having to update all the FB installs is a pain so what
>>>>> I'll do instead is just define the functions ourselves if they're missing
>>>>> from the headers. Whether the functions appear in the FB headers tells
>>>>> nothing about whether the libraries installed on the system actually
>>>>> provide the functions anyway.
>>>>> I guess we'll target SDL 2.0.5 on Linux for now.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 at 14:15, James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ah, actually, that was all builds, not just linux builds.
>>>>>> Maybe forgot to check in a new file?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 4:29 PM James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Looks like recent changes to the gamepad support broke compiling in
>>>>>>> Linux.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Seems to have started with commit:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> gfx_sdl2: Use SDL's GameController API to read fixed-meaning
>>>>>>> buttons/axes if possible
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (svn revision 12079)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> gfx_sdl2.bas(985) error 41: Variable not declared,
>>>>>>> SDL_JoystickGetDeviceInstanceID in
>>>>>>> 'SDL_JoystickGetDeviceInstanceID(evnt.jdevice.which) & " " &
>>>>>>> SDL_JoystickNameForIndex(evnt.jdevice.which)'
>>>>>>> /home/james/src/nightly/ohrrpgce-build/wip/gfx_sdl_common.bas(239)
>>>>>>> error 41: Variable not declared, SDL_GameControllerFromInstanceID in 'DIM
>>>>>>> controller as SDL_GameController ptr =
>>>>>>> SDL_GameControllerFromInstanceID(state->info->instance_id)'
>>>>>>> scons: *** [build/game-gfx_sdl2.o] Error 1
>>>>>>>
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