README: Update for 1.2.

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1. INTRODUCTION
Wine is a program which allows running Microsoft Windows programs
(including DOS, Windows 3.x and Win32 executables) on Unix. It
consists of a program loader which loads and executes a Microsoft
(including DOS, Windows 3.x, Win32, and Win64 executables) on Unix.
It consists of a program loader which loads and executes a Microsoft
Windows binary, and a library (called Winelib) that implements Windows
API calls using their Unix or X11 equivalents. The library may also
be used for porting Win32 code into native Unix executables.
be used for porting Windows code into native Unix executables.
Wine is free software, released under the GNU LGPL; see the file
LICENSE for the details.
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FreeBSD info:
Wine will generally not work properly on versions before FreeBSD
6.3 or 7.0, and FreeBSD 6.3 has additional patches available. See
<http://wiki.freebsd.org/Wine> for more information.
http://wiki.freebsd.org/Wine for more information.
Solaris info:
You will most likely need to build Wine with the GNU toolchain
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Of course you also need "make" (most likely GNU make).
You also need flex version 2.5 or later and bison.
You also need flex version 2.5.33 or later and bison.
Optional support libraries:
Configure will display notices when optional libraries are not found
on your system. See http://wiki.winehq.org/Recommended_Packages for
hints about the packages you should install.
On 64-bit platforms you have to make sure to install the 32-bit
versions of these libraries; see http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit
for details.
On 64-bit platforms, if compiling Wine as 32-bit (default), you have
to make sure to install the 32-bit versions of these libraries; see
http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit for details. If you want a true
64-bit Wine (or a mixed 32-bit and 64-bit Wine setup), see
http://wiki.winehq.org/Wine64 for details.
4. COMPILATION
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to build Wine:
./configure
make depend
make
This will build the program "wine" and numerous support libraries/binaries.
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To see compile configuration options, do ./configure --help.
To upgrade to a new release by using a patch file, first cd to the
top-level directory of the release (the one containing this README
file). Then do a "make clean", and patch the release with:
bunzip2 -c patch-file | patch -p1
where "patch-file" is the name of the patch file (something like
wine-1.0.x.diff.bz2). You can then re-run "./configure", and then
run "make depend && make".
5. SETUP
Once Wine has been built correctly, you can do "make install"; this
will install the wine executable, the Wine man page, and a few other
needed files.
will install the wine executable and libraries, the Wine man page, and
other needed files.
Don't forget to uninstall any conflicting previous Wine installation
first. Try either "dpkg -r wine" or "rpm -e wine" or "make uninstall"
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For example: to run Notepad:
wine notepad (using the search Path as specified in
wine notepad.exe the config file to locate the file)
wine notepad (using the search Path as specified in
wine notepad.exe the registry to locate the file)
wine c:\\windows\\notepad.exe (using DOS filename syntax)
wine c:\\windows\\notepad.exe (using DOS filename syntax)
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/notepad.exe (using Unix filename syntax)
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/notepad.exe (using Unix filename syntax)
wine notepad.exe /parameter1 -parameter2 parameter3
(calling program with parameters)
wine notepad.exe readme.txt (calling program with parameters)
Wine is not yet complete, so several programs may crash. In that crash
you will be dropped into the debugger so that you can investigate and
fix the problem. For more information on how to do this, please check
the debugging section of the Wine Developer's Guide.
Wine is not perfect, so some programs may crash. If that happens you
will get a crash log that you should attach to your report when filing
a bug.
7. GETTING MORE INFORMATION
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FAQ: The Wine FAQ is located at http://www.winehq.org/FAQ
Usenet: You can discuss Wine-related issues and get help
on comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.
Bugs: Report bugs to Wine Bugzilla at http://bugs.winehq.org
Please search the bugzilla database to check whether your
problem is already found before posting a bug report. You can
also post bug reports to comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.
IRC: Online help is available at channel #WineHQ on irc.freenode.net.
Git: The current Wine development tree is available through Git.
Go to http://www.winehq.org/site/git for more information.
Wiki: The Wine Wiki is located at http://wiki.winehq.org
Mailing lists:
There are several mailing lists for Wine users and developers;
see http://www.winehq.org/forums for more information.
Wiki: The Wine Wiki is located at http://wiki.winehq.org
Bugs: Report bugs to Wine Bugzilla at http://bugs.winehq.org
Please search the bugzilla database to check whether your
problem is already known or fixed before posting a bug report.
If you add something, or fix a bug, please send a patch (in 'diff -u'
format) to wine-patches@winehq.org list for inclusion in the next
release.
IRC: Online help is available at channel #WineHQ on irc.freenode.net.
Git: The current Wine development tree is available through Git.
Go to http://www.winehq.org/git for more information.
If you add something, or fix a bug, please send a patch (preferably
using git-format-patch) to the wine-patches@winehq.org list for
inclusion in the next release.
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Alexandre Julliard