[gccsdk] Hatari (vfp) 2.3.1-1 on riscos.info audio thread fails to initialise

To whom it may concern,

Theo Markettos suggested I post a bug report here with regard to the
hatari (vfp) 2.3.1-1 package on riscos.info.

It started with The Bard's Tale (TBT). That game consumed an Atari ST and
months of my life many decades ago. So when I discovered the build of
Hatari (vfp) 2.3.1-1 available on riscos.info, in a fit of nostalgia I
attempted to play TBT with it. However, it does not play audio. Music (of
sorts) is an integral part of TBT gameplay. The fault appears to lie
within the linked-in (customised?) build of the SDL library. Hatari's
audio thread failed to initialise. I didn't dig deeper into the binary to
try to figure out why. I was able to rebuild Hatari 2.3.1 from source
without too much trouble. I then found that audio worked as expected. So
if a customised version of SDL was indeed used, I suggest that the hatari
package on riscos.info be rebuilt and tested using the default GCCSDK
packages. I have no idea whose very-low-priority job that would be. It is
likely I'm the only person who cared, and I don't any more because my own
build works well enough. If it is nobody's job, then I'd consider making
it my job if someone could outline how I'd make it my job... if someone
cares.
--
Regards,
Christopher Martin

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