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The GSlap has older QEMU version. But QEMU has been updated to version 8+.

I tried my hand at updating and failed.

Any chance someone at @fatdog could add QEMU v8 to the REPO.

Thanks if possible. I will test and report if it shows up. It is reported to have minor behavior-environmental improvements.

OK.
Is anyone willing to guide me to create it?

I can download the DEVX, but will need specifics step-by-step hand-holding to go forward. I expect to use it on current FATDOG v901. And can backtrack, starting at a pristine if thats what it takes.

Not too old to learn new tricks.

Thanks in advance to anyone.

@Clarity

There's a guide here : http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/fa ... ckage.html

I however see that the 900 recipe folder is empty https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/source/900/ so maybe things have changed?

For existing installed packages, such as a prior version of qmeu, in /usr/src/pkgbuild/source there are the tar.gz files that contain the recipe of how that was built, this post for example indicates how python3 recipe was used to build viewtopic.php?p=86001#p86001

I guess a matter of editing the recipe to download/build the later version of qmeu. Could be a trivial task, maybe just file version/source location pointer changes and it all builds OK, could be non-trivial. Good luck.

fatdoguser wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:54 am

@Clarity
I however see that the 900 recipe folder is empty https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/source/900/ so maybe things have changed?

Nothing has changed. I just forgot to do it. Thanks for the reminder, upload is now in progress.

@Clarity, what does v8 offers, that the 7.2 doesn't have (qemu 7.2 was the latest in May - only 6 months ago)?

V8.0 of April,2023 is announced here
V8.1 has GTK and touchscreen ability changes, announced here

If it turns up, I will test and report.

Clarity wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:29 pm

V8.0 of April,2023 is announced here
V8.1 has GTK and touchscreen ability changes, announced here

If it turns up, I will test and report.

We’d like to announce the availability of the QEMU 8.1.0 release. This release contains 2900+ commits from 250 authors.

Wait for the next dot release that fixes the problems the 2900 fixes from multiple sources introduced

v8.2 is now released. Any chance it will emerge in the REPO before year's end?

Will test and report as soon as available.

Here is the thing about qemu.

It's not only an end-user application. It is also a build tool, a tool we use to verify our builds. New versions of qemu sometimes contain breaking changes, so updating qemu means we have to re-verify our build tools to accommodate for these breaking changes.

Thus, updating qemu causes chain of events that we have to take care of. It requires more commitment than updating other usual end-user applications, like palemoon, or wine, for example.

If you need this urgently, I hope other members of the community can help you on this.

I do understand the risk. So as is shared, the version in the Repo is the one used by FD development in their testings. Additional versions could impact development outcomes.

Thanks. I support any means to minimize risks to development.