Building FS2_Open on OpenSolaris

Written 2010-09-30

Tags:OpenSolaris Lua Unix 

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fs2Solaris

Issues

  • Solaris Lua does not have a pkg-config script
  • fs2_open does not have a build script option for OpenSolaris
  • Sun make is awful
  • dependencies
  • Optimized PowerPC code leaks into OpenSolaris x86 builds.
  • The word 'sun' is a reserved word on Solaris
  • the INTEL_INT macros are broken on everything but OSX, Windows, and Linux/intel.
  • Solaris/X/SDL has a bug if LANG is set, SDL will crash with an XError and a segfault.
  • PKG_CHECK_MODULES doesn't work very well on solaris


Dependencies - install with the 'Package Manager'

  • SUNWgmake
  • gcc-432
  • gcc-runtime-432
  • SUNWlibtheora
  • SUNWogg-vorbis
  • SUNWpng
  • SUNWjpg
  • SUNWlibsdl
  • SUNWaconf
  • SUNWgnu-automake-110
  • SUNWlua
  • OpenAL 


Lua PKGConfig -here's my /usr/lib/pkgconfig/lua5.1.pc

  • prefix=/usr
  • major_version=5.1
  • version=5.1.4
  • #prefix=/usr
  • #major_version=5.1
  • #version=5.1.0
  • lib_name=lua${major_version}
  • libdir=${prefix}/lib
  • includedir=${prefix}/include
  • #
  • # The following are intended to be used via "pkg-config -variable".
  • # The location of the libtool library. This is used when linking to the Lua
  • # library via libtool.
  • libtool_lib=${libdir}/lib${lib_name}.la
  • # Install paths for Lua modules. For example, if a package wants to install
  • # Lua source modules to the /usr/local tree, call pkg-config with
  • # "-define-variable=prefix=/usr/local" and "-variable=INSTALL_LMOD".
  • INSTALL_LMOD=${prefix}/share/lua/${major_version}
  • INSTALL_CMOD=${prefix}/lib/lua/${major_version}
  • Name: Lua
  • Description: Lua language engine
  • Version: ${version}
  • Requires:
  • Libs: -L${libdir} -l${lib_name}
  • Libs.private: -lm
  • Cflags: -I${includedir}/${lib_name}


Patch 1 - code/globalinc/pstypes.h

  • remove the section dealing with INTEL_INT, INTEL_FLOAT, stwbrx...
  • replace with
    • #define INTEL_INT( x ) ( x )
    • #define INTEL_FLOAT( x ) ( *x )
    • #define INTEL_SHORT( x ) ( x )


Patch 2 - code/fs2netd/tcp_socket.cpp and code/network/chat_api.cpp

  • under #include <sys/ioctl.h>
  • add #include <sys/filio.h>


Patch 3 - code/starfield/starfield.h

  • On Solaris, sun is a reserved word.
  • replace int stars_add_sun_entry(starfield_list_entry *sun);
    • with int stars_add_sun_entry(starfield_list_entry *sun_ptr);
  • replace int stars_get_num_entries(bool sun, bool bitmap_count);
    • with int stars_get_num_entries(bool is_a_sun, bool bitmap_count);
  • replace void stars_mark_instance_unused(int index, bool sun);
    • with void stars_mark_instance_unused(int index, bool is_a_sun);
  • replace const char *stars_get_name_from_instance(int index, bool sun);
    • with const char *stars_get_name_from_instance(int index, bool is_a_sun);
  • replace const char *stars_get_name_FRED(int index, bool sun);
    • with const char *stars_get_name_FRED(int index, bool is_a_sun);
  • replace void stars_delete_entry_FRED(int index, bool sun);
    • with void stars_delete_entry_FRED(int index, bool is_a_sun);
  • replace void stars_modify_entry_FRED(int index, const char *name, starfield_list_entry *sbi_new, bool sun);
    • with void stars_modify_entry_FRED(int index, const char *name, starfield_list_entry *sbi_new, bool is_a_sun);


Patch 4 - code/starfield/starfield.cpp

  • On Solaris, sun is a reserved word.
  • in int stars_add_sun_entry(starfield_list_entry *sun);
    • replace every variable sun with sun_ptr
  • in the following functions, replace all instances of the variable sun with is_a_sun
    • int stars_get_num_entries(bool sun, bool bitmap_count);
    • void stars_mark_instance_unused(int index, bool sun);
    • const char *stars_get_name_from_instance(int index, bool sun);
    • const char *stars_get_name_FRED(int index, bool sun);
    • void stars_delete_entry_FRED(int index, bool sun);
    • void stars_modify_entry_FRED(int index, const char *name, starfield_list_entry *sbi_new, bool sun);


Patch 5 - code/starfield/supernova.cpp

  • On Solaris, sun is a reserved word.
  • in void supernova_get_eye(vec3d *eye_pos, matrix *eye_orient);
    • replace every variable sun with sun_vec
    • optionally replace every sun_temp with sun_vec_temp


Patch 6 - configure.ac

  • Solaris is an unrecognized platform
  • after fs2_os_osx="no", add fs2_os_solaris="no"
  • Copy the stanza for *-*-darwin*)
  • and edit to look like:
    • *-*-solaris*)
    • # Solaris
    • echo "Using Solaris 10 defines (for $host_os)"
    • fs2_os_solaris="yes"
    • ;;
  • Also, after the stanza starting with elif test "$fs2_os_osx" = "yes" ; then
  • add:
    • elif test "$fs2_os_solaris" = "yes" ; then
    • FS2_CXXFLAGS="$FS2_CXXFLAGS -I/usr/include/SDL"
    • FS2_LDFLAGS="$FS2_LDFLAGS -lpng -lpng12 -ljpeg -lpthread -logg -lSDL -ltheora -lopenal -lsocket -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -lnsl -lGL -lGLU"
    • AC_DEFINE([SCP_UNIX])
    • AC_DEFINE([NO_DIRECT3D])
    • ## don't need the CFLAGS here if recent SDL is used
  • Next, replace AM_CONDITIONAL(FS2_OS_UNIX, test "$fs2_os_unix" = "yes" || test "$fs2_os_osx" = "yes") with AM_CONDITIONAL(FS2_OS_UNIX, test "$fs2_os_unix" = "yes" || test "$fs2_os_osx" = "yes" || test "$fs2_os_solaris" = "yes")


Building

  • run ./autogen.sh or ./autogen.sh -enable-debug
  • edit configure and remove all calls+params to PKG_CHECK_MODULES, because you already installed all the prereqs...right?
  • run ./configure again
  • run make
  • executable will be in code/fs2_open_r for release and code/fs2_open_d for debug


Launching

  • copy binary to game data directory
  • run unset LANG - This sorta fixes a solaris/SDL/X bug
  • run ./fs2_open_r or ./fs2_open_d

    FreeSpace2

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