On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 05:42:50PM -0600, ericbavier@centurylink.net wrote:
> From: Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
> 
> * gnu/packages/games.scm (pioneer): New variable.

Cool, I love this type of game :)

> +    (arguments
> +     `(#:tests? #f                      ;tests are broken
> +       #:configure-flags (list "--with-external-liblua"
> +                               (string-append "PIONEER_DATA_DIR="
> +                                              %output "/share/games/pioneer"))

This is just for the game's "assets", right? That is, it doesn't need to
be written to for things like saving the game?

> +       #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +                  (add-before 'configure 'bootstrap
> +                    (lambda _ (zero? (system "./bootstrap"))))

Lately we have been doing these bootstrap phases directly after
unpacking:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-07/msg00101.html