{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3870037c1d9567ee77b851de","clusterId":"c_608dff7ef6c0909054cb5ff7","slug":"wine-port-proposal-lands-in-openbsd-ports","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Wine Port Proposal Lands in OpenBSD Ports","summary":"A port proposal for Wine, the Windows compatibility layer, has been filed in OpenBSD Ports. The move follows community interest in running 64-bit Windows software on OpenBSD. The long-standing %gs/gsbase problem, which blocked the port, was worked around by emulating the %gs prefix. Dozens of 64-bit Windows programs were tested and many ran, including the remastered The Witcher 3 with vkd3d-proton. 32-bit software still fails because WoW64 does not work.","whyItMatters":"Wine reaching OpenBSD had been stuck on a single architecture-level limit, and clearing it moves the port from a long block to a working proposal that already runs tested 64-bit programs.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe proposal is filed under emulators/wine and was announced on the openbsd-ports mailing list. What held the port back was the %gs/gsbase problem: OpenBSD cannot set the base address of the %gs segment directly, and the proposal handles it by emulating the %gs prefix rather than setting gsbase.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith that workaround in place, testers ran several dozen 64-bit Windows programs and many succeeded. The remastered version of The Witcher 3 runs without problems once vkd3d-proton is added. The limit stated at the time of writing is WoW64, so 32-bit Windows software cannot run.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Wine's OpenBSD port works around the %gs/gsbase problem, but WoW64 still fails, so 32-bit Windows software remains blocked. The port splits the Windows library in two: 64-bit now, 32-bit later.","twitterPost":"Wine runs on OpenBSD for 64-bit Windows programs, but WoW64 still fails, so 32-bit software stays blocked.","threadsPost":"Wine's OpenBSD port proposal clears the %gs/gsbase problem by emulating the %gs prefix, and The Witcher 3 runs under vkd3d-proton. The split is 32-bit: WoW64 does not work, so older Windows programs still fail to launch.","newsletterBlurb":"A Wine port proposal has been filed in OpenBSD Ports, addressing the %gs/gsbase problem by emulating the %gs prefix. Testers ran several dozen 64-bit Windows programs and many worked, including the remastered The Witcher 3 with vkd3d-proton. 32-bit Windows software cannot run because WoW64 does not work.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20261021-openbsd-ports-wine/\",\"title\":\"Wine is being ported to OpenBSD\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4685,"outputTokens":641,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792534929,"createdAt":"2026-10-20T22:16:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T22:21:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T22:21:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_608dff7ef6c0909054cb5ff7","canonicalTitle":"WineがOpenBSDに移植される","representativeArticleId":"a_faaee814ec73b4430eef70fd","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Wine\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-20T21:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-20T21:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T22:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20261021-openbsd-ports-wine/","title":"WineがOpenBSDに移植される"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Wine"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}