dosbox 0.74-4.2build1 amd64 produces runtime-errors (now)

[Nish Aravamudan]

On 06.03.2017 [10:34:06 +0000], Nico Schumann wrote:
> Hello dear package maintainers, after a new installation from lubuntu
> 16.4LTS to lubuntu 16.10, dosbox doesn't work anymore correctly. Now I
> get this runtime error when I'm runing some games:
> Exit to error: DRC64:Unhandled memory reference
> On lubuntu 16.4 LTS, dosbox works fine at them. I looked for the 16.4
> LTS package version here, and it seems that's the same version like in
> 16.10. Hence I think, the failure could be due building with a
> different compiler/-version then it was been build at 16.4 LTS.

It is best to search for existing bug reports first, I think:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dosbox

And there is:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dosbox/+bug/1569438

Thanks,
Nish

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