Poschengband github

[Pete Mack]

I see that the latest poschengband is 5.0.2, but when I patch up the non-funcrtional Makefile.win in the src directory using MINGW, code fetched from github, it compiles to 5.0.0.

So I can't load the 5.0.2 savefile from comp 197. Is the source up to date? What do I need to do to get it to work?

[nikheizen]

Compile it using MSVS, get the binary and replace the msvcr100.dll, or try to compile just using "make". All of the system-specific makefiles are broken afaik.

[Pete Mack]

I don't have autoconf installed. I got the thing to compile without much difficulty (just fix the .res and .rc file, remove png and zip compression, remove win/ subdirectory. Basic stuff.
My trouble is that the github source is compiling to version number 5.0.0. How do I get it to compile to 5.0.2?? And no, I don't have MSVC on my little notebook.
Edit:
found it. It really looks like the problem is that github is not up to date. The version number in #defines.h shows VER_PATCH = 0, not 2 as it should be. This is a pain--downloading tar.gz files makes it a lot harder to maintain any local changes I might want to keep (like the working Makefile.win)

[nikheizen]

This is a pain

Welcome to the magical world of compiling PosChengband from source.
Glad you got it working though.
The issue with the versioning is curious though, I had no issue compiling as 5.0.2 on Ubuntu.

[Pete Mack]

Oh I compiled it--that's easy, I've had plenty of practice fixing angband save files.
The trouble isn't that--it's that the github code is not actually up to date. It is 5.0.0 code. PosChengband is currently 5.0.2, as is the competition.
And trying to run a 5.0.2 savefile against 5.0.0 DOES NOT WORK, even if you mess with the patch number--I tried it. Whoever owns the poschengband repository, please do update it.

I'd be happy to attach a working Makefile.win (at least MINGW compatible*) if you want that too.

* no-cygwin is no longer supported, so that would need some tweaks too.

[nikheizen]

The trouble isn't that--it's that the github code is not actually up to date. It is 5.0.0 code. PosChengband is currently 5.0.2, as is the competition.

I believe you are incorrect.

[Pete Mack]

Huh, thanks much. I wonder what I did wrong in my previous fetch. My apologies.

Ugh. Used git fetch instead of git pull, and neglected to reset to HEAD. I always forget the details on this :/

[chris]

Also, there is no such file as Makefile.win. The only supported build on Windows is with Visual Studio using Poschengband.sln ...

[Pete Mack]

Also, there is no such file as Makefile.win. The only supported build on Windows is with Visual Studio using Poschengband.sln ...

Sure, but I am able to build with a modified version from Vanilla. Much easier than installing MSVS

[chris]

Sure, but I am able to build with a modified version from Vanilla. Much easier than installing MSVS

Easier than running Linux?

Was there a problem with the binaries here?

[nikheizen]

With respect to the binaries, I believe the ones for 5.0.2 were compiled in debug mode, so people without MSVS' dlls on their system wouldn't be able to run without replacing the MSVS .dll.