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      "content_html": "<pre><code><span class=\"code-snippet\" data-language=\"YAML\"><span class=\"syntax-source syntax-yaml\">\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-entity syntax-name syntax-tag syntax-yaml\">List</span></span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-separator syntax-key-value syntax-mapping syntax-yaml\">:</span>       <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">openbsd-ports</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-entity syntax-name syntax-tag syntax-yaml\">Subject</span></span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-separator syntax-key-value syntax-mapping syntax-yaml\">:</span>    <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">emulators/wine</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-entity syntax-name syntax-tag syntax-yaml\">From</span></span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-separator syntax-key-value syntax-mapping syntax-yaml\">:</span>       <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">Thomas Frohwein &lt;tfrohwein () fastmail ! com&gt;</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-entity syntax-name syntax-tag syntax-yaml\">Date</span></span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-separator syntax-key-value syntax-mapping syntax-yaml\">:</span>       <span class=\"syntax-constant syntax-other syntax-timestamp syntax-yaml\">2026-10-18 22:08:43</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-entity syntax-name syntax-tag syntax-yaml\">Message-ID</span></span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-separator syntax-key-value syntax-mapping syntax-yaml\">:</span> <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">20261018150843.271e0c06 () babcom6 ! home ! arpa</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">[</span><span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-in syntax-yaml\">Download RAW message or body</span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-end syntax-yaml\">]</span></span>\n\n\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">Hello,</span>\n\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">In what might the most surprising port proposal of the year, I&#39;m proud</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">to present a new port for wine. This has been a collective effort,</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">after some of the prodding at the %gs/gsbase question (see thread [1]).</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">The gates swung open with Andrii&#39;s software solution to the %gs issue -</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-entity syntax-name syntax-tag syntax-yaml\">explanation to me</span></span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-separator syntax-key-value syntax-mapping syntax-yaml\">:</span> <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-quoted syntax-double syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-string syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">&quot;</span>can&#39;t set gsbase, so we are emulating %gs prefix on\ncommands<span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-string syntax-end syntax-yaml\">&quot;</span></span><span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">. Overall, the heavy lifting was done by Andrii and Fabien - kudos.</span>\n\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">Turns out there is a ground-swell with interest in wine [2], different</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">than even 5-10 years ago because a lot of Windows software has since</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">moved to being 64bit.</span>\n\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">We have since tested several dozens of 64-bit Windows software, mostly</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">successfully. See screenshots at [3][4][5], livestream recordings at</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">[</span><span class=\"syntax-constant syntax-numeric syntax-integer syntax-yaml\">6</span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-end syntax-yaml\">]</span></span> <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">for example. Even the Remaster of The Witcher 3 which released just</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">last month runs, and runs well (requires adding in vkd3d-proton; see</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">README; livestream at [7] which looks less fluent than it is due to</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">the on-system recording with ffmpeg).</span>\n\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">Biggest limitation is that WoW64 doesn&#39;t work, so 32bit Windows</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">software is still a no-op. You can check .exe/.dll easily with file(1)</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-block syntax-sequence syntax-item syntax-yaml\">-</span> <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">if it says something like &quot;MS-DOS executable PE for MS Windows (GUI)</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">Intel 80386 32-bit&quot;, then it&#39;s 32-bit.</span>\n\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">The builtin-tests are disabled for now. Enabling them is pretty</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">involved as they need access to the X server and multiple tests still</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">hang, however that was not observed in the real life testing with a</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">good number of games. This is still being worked on.</span>\n\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">For those who wish to test it, I suggest Notepad++ as a small, fairly</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">straightforward piece of 64-bit Windows software [8]. Note that this</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">is (as always) run-at-your-own-risk software (see [9]). Consider</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">setting up a separate, non-privileged user for this until we can</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">explore if some fencing in, potentially with unveil(2) can be done.</span>\n\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-entity syntax-name syntax-tag syntax-yaml\">Appreciate testing of the port draft and contributions by</span></span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-separator syntax-key-value syntax-mapping syntax-yaml\">:</span> <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">brynet@,</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">bentley@, pertho (on irc.libera.chat</span> <span class=\"syntax-comment syntax-line syntax-number-sign syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-comment syntax-line syntax-number-sign syntax-yaml\">#</span>openbsd-gaming), vl_ms\n</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">ok?</span>\n\n<span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">[</span><span class=\"syntax-constant syntax-numeric syntax-integer syntax-yaml\">1</span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-end syntax-yaml\">]</span></span> <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&amp;m=179067466617674&amp;w=2</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">[</span><span class=\"syntax-constant syntax-numeric syntax-integer syntax-yaml\">2</span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-end syntax-yaml\">]</span></span> <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&amp;m=179070170845285&amp;w=2</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">[</span><span class=\"syntax-constant syntax-numeric syntax-integer syntax-yaml\">3</span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-end syntax-yaml\">]</span></span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">https://old.reddit.com/r/openbsd_gaming/comments/1x4e7fi/some_samples_from_wip_wine_port/</span>\n <span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">[</span><span class=\"syntax-constant syntax-numeric syntax-integer syntax-yaml\">4</span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-end syntax-yaml\">]</span></span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">https://old.reddit.com/r/openbsd_gaming/comments/1x5yxpu/more_wineonopenbsd_screenshots/</span>\n <span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">[</span><span class=\"syntax-constant syntax-numeric syntax-integer syntax-yaml\">5</span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-end syntax-yaml\">]</span></span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">https://old.reddit.com/r/openbsd_gaming/comments/1x7z2ry/even_more_wineonopenbsd_proof/</span>\n <span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">[</span><span class=\"syntax-constant syntax-numeric syntax-integer syntax-yaml\">6</span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-end syntax-yaml\">]</span></span> <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">https://video.gamerstavern.online/w/8tjjFRDtGJQZwxfE4ojVoC</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">[</span><span class=\"syntax-constant syntax-numeric syntax-integer syntax-yaml\">7</span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-end syntax-yaml\">]</span></span> <span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">https://video.gamerstavern.online/w/oZcTRKL5JMiU4M4FqGKcNH</span>\n<span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">[</span><span class=\"syntax-constant syntax-numeric syntax-integer syntax-yaml\">8</span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-end syntax-yaml\">]</span></span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v8.9.8.1/npp.8.9.8.1.portable.x64.zip</span>\n <span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence syntax-yaml\"><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-begin syntax-yaml\">[</span><span class=\"syntax-constant syntax-numeric syntax-integer syntax-yaml\">9</span><span class=\"syntax-punctuation syntax-definition syntax-sequence syntax-end syntax-yaml\">]</span></span>\n<span class=\"syntax-string syntax-unquoted syntax-plain syntax-out syntax-yaml\">https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/FAQ#is-wine-malware-compatible</span>\n\n\n<span class=\"syntax-meta syntax-flow-sequence 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      "summary": "List: openbsd-ports Subject: emulators/wine From: Thomas Frohwein <tfrohwein () fastmail ! com> Date: 2026-10-18 22:08:43 Message-ID: 20261018150843.271e0c06 () babcom6 ! home ! arpa [Download RAW message or body] Hello, In what might the…",
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