Subject: Re: bug#43797: astromenace does not work

From: Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 14:44:19 +0300

On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 01:33:53PM +0200, zimoun wrote:
> Dear,
> 
> Thank you for the report.
> 
> First, there is no substitute; which is often a bad sign.  If Cuirass
> wizard reads, is it possible to trigger again the build of
> 'astromenace'.
> 
> <https://data.guix.gnu.org/repository/1/branch/master/package/astromenace/output-history>
> 
> 
> On Sun, 4 Oct 2020 at 23:16, Luis Felipe via Bug reports for GNU Guix
> <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I'm using guix b61e057. Just installed AstroMenace and it does not start. Trying to launch it from a terminal prints the following error:
> >
> > AstroMenace 1.4.1
> > VFS version 190427
> > Compiled against SDL version 2.0.12
> > Linking against SDL version 2.0.12
> > vw_OpenVFS(): Can't find VFS file share/astromenace/gamedata.vfs
> > main(): gamedata.vfs file not found or corrupted.
> 
> Well, the file 'gamedata.vfs' seems to be a file which needs to be
> built (it does not appear in the upstream source).  And I am not sure
> this file is compliant with "free" licenses; Debian locates it in
> 'non-free', for example.
> 
> All the best,
> simon
> 

As far as the file being built, an excerpt from the build log:
VFS file was opened /tmp/guix-build-astromenace-1.4.1.drv-0/source/gamedata/models/models.pack
models/tracked/tank-07.vw3d file added to VFS.
models/earthfighter/sf-illum01.vw2d file added to VFS.
models/militarybuilding/aa-gun-01.vw3d file added to VFS.
models/earthfighter/sf-09.vw3d file added to VFS.
models/alienmothership/alm-02.vw3d file added to VFS.
<..snip..>
models/normalmap/planet_asteroids_nm.tga file added to VFS.
models/normalmap/q_class2_nm.tga file added to VFS.
models/normalmap/bomber_nm.tga file added to VFS.
models/normalmap/buildings_nm.tga file added to VFS.
lang/pl/menu/button_weaponry_in.tga file added to VFS.
lang/pl/menu/button_weaponry_out.tga file added to VFS.
VFS file was created /tmp/guix-build-astromenace-1.4.1.drv-0/build/gamedata.vfs

As for Debian placing it in non-free, it might be worth checking the
licenses and files again.

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