1.6 Crash on PowerPC G3 Macs

[rmyers]

That copy of libfreetype I have which is powerpc (not 7400) isn't a default. It was a copy installed by another application (XTrkCAD). So the correct library would need to be added to Wesnoth.

I copied the powerpc one into Wesnoth, and Wesnoth starts now, so that seems to be the (only?) problem.

Bob

[rmyers]

Is it possible that someone with sufficient privileges renames this thread to reflect that it is a G3 only issue, not a 10.4.11 issue? That way it may be clearer to someone who is searching for assistance.

Bob

Done - /anakayub

[anakayub]

The solution is pretty simple.

Just make the libraries using the 10.4u SDK targeting Tiger. Here's a test I did:

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export SDK=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk
export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.4
export CFLAGS="-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch i386 -arch ppc -I/Library/Frameworks/Wesnoth_Frameworks2/include -I/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/X11R6/include"

./configure --prefix=/Users/Amir/Desktop  LDFLAGS="-L/Library/Frameworks/Wesnoth_Frameworks2/lib -L/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/X11R6/lib -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch i386 -arch ppc"   PKG_CONFIG=/Library/Frameworks/Wesnoth_Frameworks2/bin/pkg-config --enable-static

make 
sudo make install

Results:

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file /Users/Amir/Desktop/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib /Users/Amir/Desktop/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/Users/Amir/Desktop/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib (for architecture i386):	Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386
/Users/Amir/Desktop/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib (for architecture ppc):	Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc

But I think penguin already knows this; it's just to inform others that it can be easily fixed.

[saltybanana]

Ah ha! Sorry, I spoke too soon.

Maybe you could send me your dylib, saltybanana? Then I could make the next release work on G3s. Otherwise I should be able to come up with one myself, but will probably be too busy to do that before 1.6.1.

Hi, penguin and everyone.

Please find the attached .zip file, which contains libfreetype.6.dylib. When unarchived and placed into /Applications/Wesnoth.app/Contents/Frameworks (thus replacing the existing file), 1.6 no longer crashes at launch on my G3/400 running 10.4.11. I scrubbed it with install_name_tool to remove all paths that refer to /opt/local, so it should work for anyone.

The only caveat is that while the compatibility version is at 10.0.0, my copy is versioned at 10.16.0, whereas the original is 10.18.0. Other than that, the game seems to run fine with it, albeit noticeably slower than 1.4.7.

Regards,

[penguin]

Thanks! I stuck it together with the i386 part of the included dylib, with lipo. It's a bit hacky to stick together different versions in one dylib (especially since they link to different system libraries), but I don't think it'll be an actual problem. And freetype is on its way out anyway, as pango replaces SDL_ttf. I do know how to compile it myself, but it's easier to just stick together two binaries that are known to work.

Anyway, 1.6.1 should work on G3s.