open-watcom-v2-unwrapped
open-watcom-v2-unwrapped 0-unstable-2026-04-11 · pkgs/development/compilers/open-watcom/v2.nix
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0-unstable-2026-04-11 no newer release known to repology
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master 0-unstable-2026-04-11 · nixos-unstable 0-unstable-2026-04-11 · nixos-26.05 0-unstable-2026-04-11 no channel is behind master
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Description
V2 fork of the Open Watcom suite of compilers and tools
Long description
A fork of Open Watcom: A C/C++/Fortran compiler and assembler suite
targeting a multitude of architectures (x86, IA-32, Alpha AXP, MIPS,
PowerPC) and operating systems (DOS, OS/2, Windows, Linux).
Main differences from Open Watcom 1.9:
- New two-phase build system - Open Watcom can be built by the host's
native C/C++ compiler or by itself
- Code generator properly initializes pointers by DLL symbol addresses
- DOS tools now support long file names (LFN) if appropriate LFN driver
is loaded by DOS
- Open Watcom is ported to 64-bit hosts (Win64, Linux x64)
- Librarian supports x64 CPU object modules and libraries
- RDOS 32-bit C run-time compact memory model libraries are fixed
- Resource compiler and Resource editors support Win64 executables
- Open Watcom text editor is now self-contained, it can be used as
standalone tool without any requirements for any additional files or
configuration
- Broken C++ compiler pre-compiled header template support is fixed
- Many C++ compiler crashes are fixed
- Debugger has no length limit for any used environment variable
The documentation has been excluded from this build for build time reasons. It can be found here:
https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-v2/wiki/Open-Watcom-Documentation
Homepage
License
Watcom-1.0 unfree
Platforms
48 platforms: Linux, Darwin · not on
riscv32-linux, riscv64-linux, riscv32-netbsd, riscv64-netbsd, riscv32-none, riscv64-none, powerpc64-linux, powerpc64le-linux, mips64el-linuxSource provenance
not set: built from source
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