OK, thanks for all. I'll try to use the 2005 GNUBG version as you suggested and I'll see it it works.
I know noone actually uses Windows Millenium, but I didn't really need a new PC (in home, I used it more like a notepad), and that's the reason I asked the question. 2012/10/5 Michael Petch <mpe...@capp-sysware.com> > On 2012-10-04 10:26, Michael Petch wrote: > > I seem to recall that GNUBG may have been using > > functionality only supplied in GTK2.10+ and higher. I'm not 100% sure of > > this, but I do remember an aha moment that suggested we may not be > > compatible with GTK2.6 > > I have confirmed that GNUBG does require GTK+2.10 or higher . The > configure.in file of course says we require 2.6 . It is wrong. > > The code that requires us to use GLIB2.10 or greater is in gtkgamelist.c > g_object_ref_sink only exists in 2.10+ . This is in fact easy to fix > with a rather trivial ifdef to make it work with 2.6 > > There is a function that is only available in GTK+2.8 and higher and > that is in gtkprefs.c. The function in question is > gtk_tree_view_get_visible_range . Given where we use this function, I > can think of a less efficient way of doing it (that would be easy to > implement) that would likely suffice for retaining backwards > compatibility with 2.6. We could use the less efficient method with with > versions vuilt with GTK+ < 2.8 . I have successfully built GNUBG on a > Fedora Core system running GTK+2.6 (correcting these 2 issues) > > With these two mods we could allow GNUBG to be compiled with GTK+2.6 . > The problem then becomes one of building it on Win32. GTK+2.6 libraries > and headers were built for Win2 platform so it is conceivable with some > effort one could create a build environment that would work. Not sure > how long it would take (never know what SNAFUs one may encounter). > > Even if I did get it to build I'd likely consider releasing a separate > 2.6 build that would specifically target older OSes. > > As for trying to replace the newer DLL's with older ones probably will > fail to function as expected given that we do (at present) use functions > only available in GTK+ releases >= 2.10 . > > -- > Michael Petch > CApp::Sysware Consulting Ltd. > OpenPGP FingerPrint=D81C 6A0D 987E 7DA5 3219 6715 466A 2ACE 5CAE 3304 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnubg mailing list > Bug-gnubg@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg >
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