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0.82.2 release notes

Release date: 2025-06-17

Summary

This maintenance release corrects the minimum required macOS version regression introduced in 0.82.1 plus adds a few minor enhancements and fixes:

  • The minimum supported macOS version was raised to macOS 14 (Sonoma) in 0.82.1 by mistake. This is now fixed; DOSBox Staging 0.82.2 requires macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later.

  • Fix incorrect handling of read-only directories on Linux and macOS. This fixes DeuTex (DOOM WAD extractor).

  • Fix emulator hanging when quitting DOSBox Staging while rebooting is in progress.

  • Restarting DOSBox with CONFIG -R or the restart hotkey now correctly saves the command line history.

  • Allow read-only directories to be deleted with the RMDIR DOS command on Windows.

  • Update bundled FreeDOS XCOPY to v1.9a.

This release was made possible by everyone who tried 0.82.1, submitted bugs and pull requests, and tested the updates. Thank you!

Full PR list of changes
  • Don’t set host permissions for read-only directories on POSIX (#4283)
  • Fix emulator becoming unresponsive if the user exits the app while inside the reboot handler (#4274)
  • Make restart_dosbox() go through the normal shutdown routine (#4368)
  • On Windows, clear the read-only attribute before removing a directory. (#4297)
  • Revert object pool stuff (#4111)
  • Update bundled FreeDOS xcopy.exe to version 1.9a (#4285)

Installation

This is a drop-in upgrade for users already on 0.82.1—no configuration changes are necessary.

For those upgrading from an earlier DOSBox Staging version, please follow these upgrade instructions and read the earlier release notes to learn about the changes and new features.

First-time users and people migrating from other DOSBox variants should start by reading the Getting started guide.

0.82.2 commit authors

  • FeralChild64
  • johnnovak
  • weirddan455

Thank you

We are grateful for all the community contributions and the original DOSBox project, on which DOSBox Staging is based.