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This thread is meant to discuss the general purpose of DOSBox CVS builds, which known public ones exist, and where to get them. The first part is a FAQ covering various DOSBox CVS-related questions, is followed by a listing, description of, and links to known CVS builds, and finally a selection of related useful links.

Feel free to post any questions or suggestions in response to this thread, but be advised that replies are purged occasionally to keep the thread clean.

Please refer to the very last section if you are a maintainer or forum moderator.
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What are CVS builds?

CVS builds are versions of dosbox.exe that people have built from the latest version of the DOSBox source code, which is stored on sourceforge.net in something called a CVS repository. CVS builds contain changes that have been made by Qbix and Harekiet since the latest official release. Some enhanced CVS builds also contain unofficial features and fixes that have been created by enthusiasts in the DOSBox development community.

Why should I get a CVS build?
As of this writing, the latest official release version of DOSBox is 0.72. Active development continues, however, so new features and fixes will continue to be added to DOSBox's CVS repository. If you're having trouble running a game with the DOSBox release, it's worth trying a CVS build to see if the problem has since been addressed. You may also want access to the new features or optimizations if you are having compatibility or performance issues.

Which one should I get?
That's up to you. Consult the list below to see which features the different builds contain and decide which one you want to try first. If you are interested in getting a CVS build in hopes that it will fix a problem you're having in the latest release version, you should probably start with a "plain" (no-enhancements) CVS build like the AEP one. Also, see replies to this post from the maintainers for additional info on their builds.

How do I use it?
First, install the latest official release of DOSBox. Then, unpack the CVS build over the top of it, replacing the release versions of the files with the CVS versions. Some developers also recommend regenerating your dosbox.conf configuration file so that you will see any new config options that have been added. Consult this thread for info on how to regenerate a config file.

What do I do if I find bugs in a CVS build?
First, search these forums to see if it's already been reported. If it hasn't, post as much information as possible (see the help request guidelines).

Update: Note that bugs in plain CVS builds are probably the only ones of interest to the DOSBox devs (QBix and Harekiet). Problem reports for the other builds should be addressed to their respective maintainers, as problems could be caused by experimental patches that aren't part of the official CVS source code.
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The following CVS builds are based directly off of the official DOSBox CVS source code.

Use these builds to test the latest official CVS changes.

EmuCR builds
Last updated: April 12, 2010
URL: http://www.emucr.com/search/label/DOSBox
Description: Updated a few times a week. Haven't tried these myself yet; thanks to NoVaTuRiEnT for pointing them out.

Tharos' builds *** daily builds seem to have stopped as of 3/28/10 ***
Last updated: March 28, 2010
URL: http://builds.tharos-online.de/index.ph...order=desc
Description: A direct build (i.e. no modifications or unofficial patches) from the official CVS source code. Good for testing games that have problems in the latest release version to see if they've since been fixed in CVS.
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The following CVS builds contain additional fixes and/or features that are not officially part of DOSBox.

Many people prefer them due to the included extra features that are not included in in the CVS. Note that if you have problems with these builds, it may be due to the unofficial changes that have been made by their maintainers and not the official DOSBox code itself that is to blame.

ykhwong's
Last updated: April 11, 2010
URL: http://ykhwong.x-y.net/page.htm
Description: The Windows build incorporates vasyl's experimental emulation of various SVGA chipsets, OpenGL-HQ, Direct3D, Glide emulation, munt mt32 emulation, Improved IPX support, Virtual Printer support, PhysFS support (Mount .zip files), Overscan Border patch.

HAL 9000's "Mega Build"
Last updated: September 13, 2009
URL: http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/
Description: Build of DosBox focused on serial/networking support.

gulikoza's (Windows)
Last Updated: July 9, 2009
URL: http://www.si-gamer.net/gulikoza/
Description: Build of DOSBox focused on GLIDE support.
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These builds are for other Operating Systems and are not in any way supported by the DOSBox team

DOSBOX 0.72 for AmigaOS 4.0
URL: http://www.os4depot.net/share/emulation...dosbox.lha

DosBox CVS for OS/2
Last updated: January 25, 2008
URL: http://www.joschs-robotics.de/dosbox/
URL: http://www.os2site.com/sw/emulators/dosbox/index.html

DosBox v0.60 for Dreamcast
Last Updated: ??? (release dates not currently provided on the linked web site)
URL: http://gpf.dcemu.co.uk/dcdoxbox.shtml

DosBox for GP2x
Last updated: January 3, 2009
URL: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/gp2...,0,72,2534
URL: http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/DosBox

DosBox for IRIX
URL: http://www.enosnusnu.de/index.php?/arch...-IRIX.html

DosBox for PSP
URL: http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?...p;start=60
URL: http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=65494

n0p's DosBox for Pocket PC
Last updated: July 6, 2009
URL: http://n0p.tonych.info/?DOSBox_PPC

Dosbox 0.70 Optimized for PXA270 (iwmmxt)
URL: http://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?s=...ntry156742
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Moe's (Linux)
Last updated: December 15, 2006
URL: http://garni.ch/dosbox/
Description: Recently Moe has decided to provide a DOSBox Linux (x86, 32-bit, Athlon64-optimized) binary including some useful patches. It is built against latest CVS and includes at least these patches: addkey, adlib optimize, Innovation SSI-2001, Self-Modifying-Code optimizations, SVGA chipsets, CD-Image cycling, Glide emulation, Printer emulation.
Moe is also the creator of OPENGL-HQ. OPENGL-HQ is another scaler that is implemented in SDL.dll. Unfortunately it may be some time (or never), until OPENGL-HQ is implemented in the official SDL so until then you'll have to download it from here (or compile it yourself). Neat thing about this is that you can use this SDL.DLL with any SDL program (e.g. DOSBox, SCUMMVM...).

rhoenie/Marcus Herbert (Mac OSX)
Last updated: August 9, 2008
DosBox 0.72 for G3
DosBox CVS for OSX (G4/G5/i386)
URL: http://www.spam-filter.de/bastelstunde#dosbox

Canadacow's MT-32 build
Last updated: October 15, 2004
URL: http://www.artworxinn.com/alex/downloads.htm
Description: This build is no longer useful; it was made before DOSBox 0.63 came out and contains MT-32 emulation code that is much older than the current Munt releases. Note that more current MT-32 emulation is also included as an unofficial feature of some of the newer CVS builds.

pDosBox for Pocket PC
URL: http://www.e-lation.net/site/emufor_Pocket_PC.html
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Other useful links

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Moderators:
Feel free to edit this post to keep things updated. I hope to be able to point users to this thread as a place to find fairly up-to-date links to and descriptions of various CVS builds and other related links.

Maintainers:
If you want info added or changed regarding your CVS build, feel free to post about it in this thread and hopefully someone will update it for you Cool Also feel free to submit your own descriptions as long as they are in a form that I can drop in as a replacement for the descriptions I have up.
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Dates semi-current as of April 13, 2010 by HunterZ - dates updated since last change are in dark-red


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Reply with quote Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2010-4-05 @ 03:30 pm
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there's an error in tharos's cvs builds right? cant see april ones D:


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Reply with quote Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2010-4-05 @ 04:36 pm
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lightmaster wrote:
there's an error in tharo's cvs builds right? cant see april ones D:

Yeah, looks like nothing has been built since 28 Mar.
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Reply with quote Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2010-4-12 @ 10:00 pm
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Just a short message to say that YKHWong has updated his Windows build.
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Reply with quote Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2010-4-12 @ 10:35 pm
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rcblanke wrote:
Just a short message to say that YKHWong has updated his Windows build.

Thanks, updated.
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Reply with quote Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2010-4-13 @ 12:00 am
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HunterZ wrote:
lightmaster wrote:
there's an error in tharo's cvs builds right? cant see april ones D:

Yeah, looks like nothing has been built since 28 Mar.

Was good while it lasted. Oh well.

There's always emucr - http://www.emucr.com/

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Reply with quote Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2010-4-13 @ 01:38 am
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Thanks NoVaTuRiEnT!!

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Reply with quote Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2010-4-13 @ 02:56 pm
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Thanks nova, updated the post. Also put it under Other Links since it also has news on other stuff even if they stop posting CVS builds at some point.

I should probably change CVS to SVN everywhere in the post (and title). Do people still call them CVS builds?
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Reply with quote Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2010-5-02 @ 12:10 am
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The "tharos" build did stop because my server died Wink
I've a new one, but the cross-compile-environment is not working as it should....

As I'm really busy atm I don't know when I've the time to fix this stupid system.. but I'll post once it is done

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I'm sorry to hear that XTale, but thanks for providing the cvs before!

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Reply with quote Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2010-5-06 @ 09:18 pm
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Dosbox full changelog from the beginning of time
http://dosbox.svn.sourceforge.net/viewv.../?view=log
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Just to mention: I just uploaded an SVN build for Debian GNU/Linux i386 and amd64 including glide stuff, look here:
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.p...679#186679

No idea right now if i'll continue on this, though.
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Just like to point out that both links to changelog are down

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Working on something new:
http://source.dosbox.com/dosboxcvs.txt
http://source.dosbox.com/dosboxcvs.tgz

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Seems ykhwong is gone for good, has anyone got further info ?

Thanks

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Reply with quote Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2010-7-26 @ 11:10 am
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Please try this Wink

OpenGlide in that pack, is straight CVS build, and have some issues, but I working on it.
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Reply with quote Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2010-7-30 @ 02:40 pm
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What happened to gulikoza? His latest build is very old now. Has he lost interest in creating new CVS? And Daums Cafe is down afaik, but i guess it's because he ykhwong is still doing his military service.

It is very sad that there are no recent Versions of Dosbox with built in Shader Support or mt32 - or are there?
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gulikoza is still here...a bit busy though Happy See Virusek build, it has the same patches as my previous build. I am meanwhile trying to refresh my patches...

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