Claro/docs/NATIVE_WINDOWS_TESTING.md

Native Windows acceptance kit

Prepared, not executed on a native target. Wine results do not satisfy this checklist. A Windows login/authorized VM was not supplied for this run.

Use a fresh extracted test folder, not personal documents. Scripts write oscheck.txt, nver.txt, ntests.txt, ncheck.txt and replace their own native.ok marker. Preserve failed logs. A marker alone is not proof: review the OS evidence, version, all discovered fixtures and every test result together.

OS evidence helper

tools/native_platform_probe.c builds a separate osprobe.exe; it is not a second interpreter source file. With VC6 configured:

cl /nologo /TC /ML /O1 tools\native_platform_probe.c /Feosprobe.exe /link /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE,4.10

The probe records numeric OS API fields, detects Wine's exported implementation entry point, and refuses Wine with exit 2. --require-win98se additionally needs Win32-Windows platform ID and version 4.10 build 2222. A real Windows VM is an acceptable target; a compatibility layer is not. Old API version reporting on modern Windows can be affected by application compatibility, so also record the actual OS/version from its own system information screen. The probe is evidence, not cryptographic attestation or a substitute for inspecting a real target.

Automated checks

Put the compiled probe beside the matching interpreter and the complete package. For Windows 98 SE run test98.bat. For modern x64 Windows run testwin.bat with the MinGW claro.exe build. These batch scripts avoid modern CMD-only extensions and reject a wrong target before writing a PASS marker. Review ntests.txt: every packaged golden fixture must appear, with zero failures. ncheck.txt must show built-in validation passed.

Manual target observations — leave blank until actually tested

• Artifact version/SHA-256 and OS/VM identity:
• oscheck.txt reviewed, Wine false, target version independently confirmed:
• All packaged fixtures discovered/passed:
• Keyboard input, editing and non-ASCII display observations:
• Save/read a text file in a writable folder:
• File paths containing spaces:
• Start/stop a loop and recover to the console:
• First-hour examples and quiz interaction:
• Missing input or failed command recovery:
• Tester/date, consent to retain anonymous notes, unresolved failures:

Transfer only consented technical logs, not passwords, personal files or medical information. Do not change an unknown remote machine or install services just to make a test pass. The native target remains unverified until these observations and actual target logs exist. See Windows 98 compilation.