libsdl1.2-compat
================

This package provides the SDL 2-based SDL 1.2 compatibility layer in a
library in /usr/lib/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH}/sdl12-compat. You can force
SDL 1.2 programs to use this by loading the library using LD_PRELOAD:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH}/sdl12-compat/libSDL-1.2.so.0 \
sdl12program

On Wayland, you may want to force SDL 2 to use that instead of an X11
compatibility layer (Xwayland); to do so, set SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland.
However this will cause SDL 1.2 programs to fail if run using the SDL
1.2 libraries, so it should only be set for specific programs you wish
to run in this fashion.

libsdl1.2-compat is under development, you will see many “FIXME”
messages on standard error.

libsdl1.2-compat-shim
=====================

This will replace libsdl1.2debian, and cause all SDL 1.2-based
programs to use the SDL 2.0 compatibility layer. It is a runtime
replacement only, you will not be able to build SDL 1.2 programs using
it; libsdl1.2-dev can’t be installed with the shim.

Symbols
=======

Even though neither packages are intended for development,
libsdl1.2-compat ships a symbols file; this is intended for use with
packages which might use the compatibility library directly (e.g. as a
replacement for libSDL-1.2.id.so.0).


 -- Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org>, Fri,  2 Apr 2021 22:30:13 +0200